Audi driver going 155 mph said ‘I know what I am doing’ before deadly State Road 84 crash: FHP

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James Case (BSO)

DAVIE, Fla. – “I americium James. I cognize what I americium doing.”

That’s what Florida Highway Patrol troopers accidental James Lawrence Case III said successful effect to a rider who told him to dilatory down arsenic helium drove an Audi S5 astatine a lightning-fast 155 mph down State Road 84 successful Davie successful January.

Moments later, troopers said the 20-year-old Plantation antheral would clang into different vehicle, ejecting and sidesplitting different 1 of his passengers.

Troopers arrested Case connected six felony charges, including 1 number of vehicular homicide, connected Monday.

According to an apprehension warrant obtained by Local 10 News connected Wednesday, the clang happened conscionable earlier 2:45 a.m., conscionable westbound of Davie Road.

Authorities said Case, careening down the road with 3 passengers successful tow, rear-ended a Honda Accord arsenic helium switched lanes, causing the Audi to rotation out, deed a curb and rotation over, ejecting and sidesplitting his rear near passenger, who wasn’t wearing a spot belt. The victim’s sanction was redacted from tribunal documents.

Three radical wrong the Honda were wounded taken to HCA Florida University Hospital, portion Case and his surviving passengers were besides wounded and taken to Broward Health Medical Center.

Two rider video recordings showed the Audi’s speedometer speechmaking 155 and 156 mph earlier the crash, troopers said.

Vehicle information recorder information showed Case was going 129 mph astatine impact, the warrant states.

The velocity bounds connected that agelong of State Road 84 is 45 mph.

According to the warrant, intoxicant oregon drugs weren’t suspected arsenic factors.

On Tuesday, Case appeared successful Broward County court, wherever a justice recovered probable origin to complaint him and gave him a $325,000 bond, on with orders to refrain from driving and taxable to physics monitoring.

Broward tribunal records amusement Case has respective postulation citations successful the region dating backmost to 2022, immoderate of which were dismissed for deficiency of prosecution.

Case was nary longer listed successful Broward Sheriff’s Office jailhouse records arsenic of Wednesday afternoon.