MIAMI – A 60-year-old Kendale Lakes guy gave the impression in courtroom on Tuesday accused of a vehicular homicide that came about over seven months in the past in western Miami-Dade County.
Florida Highway Patrol soldiers arrested Carlos Oropesa-Jimenez on Monday and accused him of using “in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons by not paying attention to an approaching hazard.”
The soldiers additionally accused Oropesa-Jimenez of “knowingly driving at over 20 mph the posted speed limit sign and driving in the sidewalk to pass other vehicles.”
The crash on July 24 was once on the intersection of Southwest Eighth Street and 142 Avenue, and the sufferer died on July 25, in keeping with the arrest record launched on Tuesday.
Investigators reported Oropesa-Jimenez was once using a gold 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe eastbound on Eighth Street and the sufferer was once in a white 2017 Mercedes Benz GLE 350 touring northbound on 142 Avenue.
Oropesa-Jimenez was once on Eighth Street’s middle lane, and the motive force of the 2017 Mercedes Benz GLE 350 stopped south of the intersection and blocked the west-east crosswalk, in keeping with the record.
Investigators reported Oropesa-Jimenez switched to the proper lane in the back of a black 2022 Hyundai Venue “and then drove onto the eastbound sidewalk to pass” the visitors.
Oropesa-Jimenez crashed into the left facet of the Mercedes Benz GLE 350, and after the affect, his 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe collided with the proper facet of the 2022 Hyundai Venue, in keeping with investigators who discovered a video of the crash recorded via a close-by motive force’s dashcam.
Investigators met with Oropesa-Jimenez on July 31 who advised them he was once using the Chevrolet Tahoe, in the back of the motive force of a crimson Jeep, who was once switching in and out of lanes in entrance of him, so he switched lanes to steer clear of hitting the Jeep.
Oropesa-Jimenez reported that he didn’t bear in mind crashing into the Mercedes Benz, and accepted investigators to retrieve the knowledge from his Tahoe, in keeping with the record.
The knowledge confirmed the Tahoe was once touring at 66 mph, about 2.5 seconds prior to the crash in a space with a forty five mph velocity prohibit, and the brake “was not engaged,” in keeping with the record.
A witness reported seeing the Tahoe “moving across all lanes of traffic onto the right sidewalk” and when it “passed him at a high speed” he (*7*) as he was once “swerving again to the right sidewalk and colliding” with the Mercedes.
Several witnesses advised investigators they noticed Oropesa-Jimenez “come out of the driver seat.” Investigators requested Oropesa-Jimenez to satisfy them on Monday in Hialeah and having concluded their investigation they arrested him.
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