HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - It’s jail, not bail, for a 15-year-old boy accused in a deadly joyride in Hialeah.
Maykoll Santiesteban is being charged as an adult in connection to the April 23 crash. Wednesday morning, he appeared in adult court cor the first time; he was denied bond.
Detectives said the teen took his father’s car for a drive with some friends, hitting high speeds before crashing into another vehicle near Southeast Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue.
Police said 39-year-old Yarnia Hernandez and her aunt, 71-year-old Gloria Hernandez, were killed.
Yarnia’s mother, who was also in the car, remains in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Santiesteban faces charges of vehicular manslaughter and driving without a license.
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