The Miami Herald reports that an Opa-locka police officer initially attempted to pull over the SUV for a traffic infraction. The SUV's driver suffered two broken legs in the crash. He faces four counts of vehicular homicide. Opa-locka City Manager David Chiverton told the newspaper that the officer, Cpl. Sergio Perez, "cut off the pursuit and did not follow northbound the wrong way" when the SUV's driver drove into southbound traffic.
The Opa-locka Police Department prohibits officers from continuing a chase that goes against the flow of traffic. The department also only allows pursuits in the case of serious felonies such as murder, rape and robberies.
In a recording of a radio dispatch, Perez tells dispatchers that the SUV had driven into opposing traffic.
This guy is all over the road," Perez says in the recording. "Now he's going against traffic on I-95.
We're going northbound in the southbound lanes."
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Why isn't Mr. Perez being charged with vehicular homicide?
This guy is all over the road," Perez says in the recording. "Now he's going against traffic on I-95.
We're going northbound in the southbound lanes."
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Pic thanks to New Times
Why isn't Mr. Perez being charged with vehicular homicide?
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