Broward judge gives teen 6-figure bond as he faces adult charges in deadly crash

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A teen faced a Broward justice Friday, astir 3 months aft Pembroke Pines constabulary said helium was down the instrumentality of his 2019 Dodge Charger and caused a fatal clang that injured 3 passengers successful his car and killed a hubby and woman successful different vehicle.

Albert Yanez Quintana, 17, of Sunrise, was charged arsenic an adult.

The wreck happened connected Valentine’s Day.

The victims, Hugo Cardona Valencia and his wife, Patricia, were making a crook astatine the intersection of Dykes Road and Northwest 12th Street erstwhile investigators said Yanez Quintana slammed into them, splitting the couple’s conveyance successful two.

They mislaid their lives connected a time they were celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary.

In court, Hugo Cardona, the victims’ son, addressed the judge, asking for justness pursuing the deaths of his parents.

“My parents were perfectly capable and susceptible people. In fact, they lived by themselves and were the halfway of our family,” helium said. “We person a large loss, a large emptiness present aft their departure.”

The apprehension study states that astatine the clip of the crash, friends successful his conveyance said helium was driving recklessly, speeding done corners and weaving past vehicles, appearing to beryllium showing disconnected his caller car.

Police said that his inconsiderate mode of driving not lone landed him down bars but besides took the lives of an guiltless couple.

The justice recovered probable origin and ordered the teen to beryllium held connected a $350,000 bond.

If Yanez Quintana posts the six-figure bond, helium volition person to beryllium fitted for a GPS ankle monitoring instrumentality and has been ordered not to drive.

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