Maykoll Santiesteban, the 15-year-old boy accused of causing a traffic accident in which two women of Cuban origin lost their lives in the city of Hialeah Last Tuesday, April 23, he was placed under house arrest.
According to the media Telemundo 51the measure was taken after the young man was recently arrested. Now, the minor is back at home, but he must wear an electronic shackle while the trial against him takes place.
Santiesteben faces two counts of vehicular manslaughter and three counts of driving without a license and causing injury or death to a person. These accusations could cost him a sentence of 30 years and another 15 years of probation.
The situation does not look good for the minor, as he will be judged as an adult for his actions, which include taking his parents’ car without permission and driving at excessive speed in a residential area.
The incident occurred last Tuesday, shortly before 8:00 pm, when the truck the minor was driving collided with another vehicle on 400 SE 5th Street in Hialeah.
The fatalities They were identified as Yarina García Hernández, 39 years old, and her aunt, Gloria Hernández Molina, 71 years old.. Additionally, Liliana Hernández Molina, García’s mother and Molina’s sister, was also traveling in the car, who was seriously injured and is fighting for her life at the Jackson Memorial.
The women were on their way home after going out to buy dinner for that day. Bob García, father and brother-in-law of the deceased victims, indicated that he was devastated by what happened, pointing out that now he could only think that he would never see his daughter or his sister-in-law again.
During a press conference, Hialeah city police indicated that the black box of the truck in which the minor was found showed that the vehicle was traveling at 83 miles per hour (133 km/h) before impact, this in an area where the maximum limit was 30 (48 km/h).
When interviewed by Local 10 News after the accident, the minor said that he had “simply” decided to get in the car with some friends because “the keys were there.”
Osmeide Rodríguez, son of one of the deceased, said he felt frustrated by the situation. In that sense, he indicated that, although the accused is a minor, he is old enough to know that what he was doing was wrong.
“This cannot remain like this. We know she is a minor, but she was old enough to know what she was doing. “Probably, this is not the first time she has done this.”
While the minor tried to shield himself by saying that the women’s car did not respect a stop sign, security cameras captured that the women stopped for more than a second before continuing on their way and being hit by the speeding truck.
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