Miami-Dade driver says he had ‘1 or 2 beers’ before blowing red light, killing woman, cops say

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police arrested a person Monday on vehicular murder and DUI manslaughter fees when they mentioned he plowed thru a red gentle and right into a pickup truck whilst he was once using in northwest Miami-Dade in April, killing a girl within the passenger’s seat.

Authorities mentioned Jose Milton Izaguirre Ortiz, 42, of west Miami-Dade, claimed to have had “one or two beers” before the crash. According to an arrest document, he now not best had a zero.138% blood alcohol content material, however a cocaine metabolite in his device.

Miami-Dade police mentioned the crash came about simply after 5:45 a.m. on April 28 on the intersection of Northwest ninety fifth Street and seventeenth Avenue within the county’s West Little River house.

The document states that Izaguirre Ortiz was once using a 2020 Ram Rebel pickup on Northwest ninety fifth Street when he T-boned a 2019 Chevrolet Colorado — using south on Northwest seventeenth Avenue — on its passenger’s aspect, killing Meyling Romero Munoz.

Izaguirre Ortiz by no means implemented the brakes before blowing during the visitors gentle, police mentioned automobile knowledge confirmed.

Police mentioned he additionally hit a Mercedes-Benz, injuring its driver.

The document states that Izaguirre Ortiz had “bloodshot watery eyes” and smelled like alcohol.

After he took a blood take a look at, police mentioned Izaguirre Ortiz admitted to ingesting.

A Miami-Dade pass judgement on set Izaguirre Ortiz’s bond at $16,000; the Honduran nationwide remained within the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on an immigration dangle as of Tuesday.