TAMARAC, FLA. (WSVN) - Days after a pursuit led to a violent crash that took the life of an innocent driver and sent a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy to the hospital, authorities have identified all those involved in the multi-vehicle wreck.
BSO officials said Wednesday that they arrested 30-year-old Sean Paul Holder after he led them on a pursuit following an aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer.
During the pursuit, deputies said, Holder started driving dangerously and hit a BSO unit. A deputy’s report states, “The driver intentionally reversed into the front of my marked patrol vehicle, striking it against my will.”
But the pursuit continued. Deputies tried to conduct a Precision Immobilization Technique maneuver against Holder, but he got away.
A deputy then briefly lost control of his vehicle. Still, once he regained control, he crashed into a civilian’s truck in the area of West Prospect Road and Northwest 31st Avenue in Tamarac just before midnight on Monday.
Officials said the innocent driver, identified as Ronald Wilson, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
“Ronald Wilson had been traveling northbound on Northwest 31st Avenue with the right of way to cross Prospect Road,” reads the report.
The collision was so strong, it left Wilson’s truck rolled over on its side.
The deputy, identified as Brian Quintal, continues recovering at the hospital as of Wednesday evening.
Despite the crash, surveillance video shows multiple other BSO cruisers on the tail of a Jeep Cherokee driven by Holder, according to deputies.
Witness Jared Fisher, who works at a nearby 7-Eleven, recapped what he saw on Monday night.
“We saw like six cops coming, and they were chasing after one car as well, and the car that was getting chased went through the intersection — it passed through easily — and the cop behind him collided with a car that was making a left-hand turn,” he said. “Me and the customer, we were just, like, in shock. We heard a collision; it was big, it was loud.”
Moments after the crash between Quintal and Wilson, Fisher said, other deputies immediately responded and began to help.
“Several cops came out and ran directly to the car and were screaming out, ‘Are you OK? Are you all right?” said Fisher.
Deputies continued following Holder as he cut through a warehouse parking lot, and the pursuit ended after a second PIT maneuver, prompting Holder to crash into a fence. He was swiftly arrested.
“Holder, while engaged in the commission of a felony clearly dangerous to human life, including aggravated fleeing and eluding and aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, unlawfully caused the death of the victim, Ronald Wilson,” reads the report.
According to investigators, the Jeep driven by Holder had been reported stolen from Margate.
The 30-year-old now faces several charges, including grand theft auto, driving with a suspended license, and murder by another while engaged in a specific felony.
BSO is investigating the crash and the events leading up to it. Following this investigation, the case will be sent to BSO’s Pursuit Review Board, which reviews all vehicle pursuits.
Wilson’s family did not want to speak on camera and referred 7News to their attorneys.
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