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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A 17-year-old is facing aggregate big charges aft authorities accidental helium was driving arsenic accelerated arsenic 126 mph conscionable seconds earlier crashing into a minivan successful Hollywood, splitting it successful fractional and leaving a 72-year-old rider partially paralyzed.
Authorities said Danylo Motlokov was driving a BMW westbound adjacent the 2500 artifact of Sheridan Street successful Hollywood erstwhile helium made a near crook approaching North 26th Avenue and struck the rear close broadside of a 2014 achromatic Toyota Sienna minivan connected Jan. 12.
According to authorities, assemblage camera footage showed Motlokov lasting adjacent the rider broadside of the wrecked BMW, checking connected his passenger, who had life-threatening injuries aft the clang occurred.
They said the interaction of the clang was truthful terrible that it divided the different conveyance — a 2014 achromatic Toyota Sienna minivan — successful half.
“The rear axle, 3rd enactment of seats, and the rear information of the van were violently ripped disconnected and past thrown astir 70 feet into the southeast country property,” investigators wrote successful Motlokov’s apprehension report.
Authorities said the clang near a 72-year-old pistillate rider of the Toyota with captious injuries, including a cervical fracture, liver damage, encephalon bleed, and aggregate rib fractures.
They said that the rider is present partially paralyzed but inactive has “limited usage of immoderate of her limbs” and is surviving successful an assisted surviving facility.
Police besides confirmed that the operator of the Toyota suffered a tiny limb fracture and experienced broadside symptom earlier helium and Motlokov were taken to Memorial Regional Hospital by Hollywood Fire Rescue."
According to investigators, information from the BMW’s achromatic container showed the car was traveling betwixt 100 and 126 mph conscionable seconds earlier the clang — successful a portion with a 40 mph velocity limit.
Motlokov initially told officers that helium was going 60 mph astatine the clip of the crash, the study stated.
Investigators besides noted that his driver’s licence had been suspended earlier the collision owed to a erstwhile postulation violation.
Police besides said they reviewed Motlokov’s societal media posts, which appeared to amusement him driving up to 200 mph successful a car akin to the 1 progressive successful the crash.
Jail records amusement that Motlokov, a Russian national, faces 5 charges, including 4 counts of reckless driving and driving with a suspended oregon canceled license. He posted a enslaved of $165,000.
A justice besides ordered that Motlokov beryllium prohibited from driving, placed connected Level 1 GPS-monitored pretrial release, and required to surrender his passport.
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