The driver of a truck that rear-ended a minivan carrying a Whitman family near Walt Disney World in Florida, killing four people, has been cited, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The Smith family was in a rental van on Feb. 18 when they were rear-ended by a pickup truck on State Road 429 near Celebration, Florida, according to police.
“Lucas Dos Reis Laurindo was driving a 2016 Ram 3500 truck. He failed to slow as he approached the rear of a 2020 Toyota Sienna van. The front of the truck struck the rear of the van. The van overturned onto its side after the impact,” Florida Highway Patrol said.
The van rolled over, killing 5-year-old Scarlett Smith; her mother, 41-year-old Julie Smith, of Whitman; and her grandmother, 76-year-old Josephine Fay, of Weymouth.
Jaxson Smith, 11, later died of his injuries at Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital, according to Florida Highway Patrol officials.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Laurindo, 26, was issued a citation for careless driving.
“The result of the crash investigation has determined that Mr. Dos Reis Laurindo was at fault for the collision. Under Florida law, the strongest charge that could be made against him is a ticket issued for careless driving. Mr. Dos Reis Laurindo was issued the ticket last week,” Florida Highway Patrol said.
Reis Laurindo is currently being held in federal custody on a visa violation.
Well, according to the story “Under Florida law, the strongest charge that could be made against him is a ticket issued for careless driving.” so does that mean if you are an illegal alien or a 95 year old New York transplant if you drive your truck into a mini van and murder 3 generations and half a family all you get is a ticket?
If so they need to call that “law” the “Make Mr. Magoo’s day law”. Then they need to find the sponsor of the “Make Mr Magoo’s day Law” and boil him alive in oil. And if the Florida State Legislator can’t write a new law to fix the “Make Mr. Magoo’s day law” by the time the oil has cooled down then the people need to start boiling alive all the idiots that voted for the “Make Mr. Magoo’s day law”.
Until then- just another reason to never step foot in that state. But to be honest I’m never going there until I am assured all the cobras have been rounded up. Not rattlesnakes or copperheads aka get bit and keep a cool head you won’t die but “cobras”…. They need to hunt down the ratbastard that let his cobras run free and draw and quarter that S.O.B.
It’s been a long day and I should be in bed and not thumping on a keyboard. Kind of like DUI but more like Typing while under the influence…
Preposterously unbelievable.
Yes, he’s in federal custody. The problem here is that Florida issued him a ticket. The state should charge him for causing a death during the commission of a crime. What’s the crime? Being here illegally.
In AZ, My brother rear-ended a van with a Mexican family. The Grandmother died, the driver of the van fled the scene to Mexico. My brother insisted the driver pulled in front of him and was drunk. The driver surfaced several days later.
My brother gets out of prison in a few years once he completes his 35 year sentence for 2nd degree murder.
Justice is for “Just Us” citizens.
He should be made a slave for the rest of his life.
It was an act of love.
The government class is your enemy
I would be willing to bet he was going over 100 mph the way the accident is described and the results of the injuries.
(To the tune of “Small World”)
“It’s a world of filth,
It’s a world of sin,
And the Dems just laugh,
And let the world right in,
If you die, they don’t care,
One more vote they can share,
All that mat-ters is they rule!
Dems…will rule you at…all cost,
Dems…will fool you till…you’re lost,
Dems…will school you like…you’re Faust,
It’s a Scum…Dem…World.
It’s a world of drugs, its a world of rape,
It’s a world of want, it’s a world of hate,
But they all, will vote Dem,
So we must, let them in,
All that mat-ters is they rule!
Dems…will use them to…kill us,
Dems…abuse the pub…lic trust,
Dems…will pound us in….to dust,
It’s a Scum…Dem…World!”
…and NO apologies to Disney.
…they are a WILLING part of the PROBLEM…
Hang the vermin.
whatever happened to vehicular manslaughter
I find it hard to believe the driver at fault was also sober
President Eisenhower kicked them out! Every asshole president since then has let them in!
There has been a lot of ‘let in’!
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1549 convicted illegals caused deaths of Americans.
129 deaths on average per month by illegals (ICE stat 2019)
So if someone, say the now widowed husband, were to “accidentally” run over Mr. Laurindo with his car, say while he was “texting”, the worst he could be cited for would be “careless driving”? Shame.