MIAMI SHORES, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have arrested a man after, they said, he struck a motorcycle in Miami Shores while suspected of driving under the influence, killing a man and sending a woman to the hospital.
According to Miami Shores Police, a sergeant with the department was on patrol when he drove by the scene of the crash in the area of North Miami Avenue and Northwest 108th Street, just after 3 a.m. on Sunday.
The sergeant called Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to the scene, and first responders rendered aid to the driver of a Volkswagen Jetta and a woman who was riding on the motorcycle involved in the crash.
Officers spoke with an Uber driver who told them the Jetta, which was traveling north, veered onto oncoming southbound traffic and struck his Hyundai sedan.
Alex Bucat, the passenger in the Uber, said he was on his way home from a friend’s house when the Jetta hit the Uber driver’s Hyundai.
“I was in the back seat, and then the car comes slamming toward us,” he said.
Bucat said the Jetta then collided into the motorcycle behind them, causing both vehicles to burst into flames.
“After he hit us, he hit the tail of a motorcycle, and then he just started spinning and blows up a motorcycle and crashes into a wall and blows up,” he said. “My Uber driver saved my life because he spun out of the way.”
The Uber driver, who asked not to be identified or show his face on camera, said his instincts kicked in.
“I don’t know what speed he was doing, but he was going a little bit fast, and at the last moment, I had to swerve right, because I was going south,” he said. “Thank God it wasn’t, like, a street intersection.”
The Jetta was seen with smoke coming out of it, and the motorcycle was nearby on its side.
The Uber driver said police officers responded quickly, but it was too late. They pronounced the motorcyclist, identified as 36-year-old Bobby Jenkins, dead at the intersection.
Paramedics transported the injured woman, Jenkin’s girlfriend who was riding on the back of the motorcycle, to Jackson Memorial Hospital with a broken pelvis, a broken femur and a concussion in critical condition.
Detectives said Carlos Humberto Fabian, the driver of the Jetta, had bloodshot and watery eyes, and his breath smelled of alcohol.
Miami-Dade Police officers responded and gave Fabian, 41, a field sobriety test. They said the motorist failed the test.
Investigators said Fabian had been drinking since 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The arrest report said prior to the crash, he was with another woman drinking at several stops from Saturday afternoon into the early Sunday morning.
According to prosecutors, Fabian has been in the United States for about four years and has a wife in his home country of Guatemala and a wife in Colombia.
Officers shut down part of North Miami Avenue as traffic homicide detectives investigated for hours, well after the sun came up. The medical examiner eventually arrived at the scene, and the Jetta and motorcycle were later towed away from the scene.
Fabian was later arrested, taken to the hospital for medical clearance and booked into jail. He faces a list of DUI charges, and additional charges may be pending following a blood analysis.
Fabian appeared before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer, Monday morning where his bond was placed at $2 million. If Fabian does post bond, he will be under house arrest.
“There is probable cause for driving under the influence,” said Glazer. “He killed somebody because he was allegedly driving drunk.”
Prosecutors said he was a flight risk.
“I am concerned that he is a flight risk and a danger to the community,” prosecutors said.
Fabian’s attorney said he had a wife and child in South Florida.
“He takes these allegations extremely seriously as he should and we are very sorry for the loss and injury,” said Fabian’s attorney.
Meanwhile Jenkin’s family was seen leaving court understandably emotional and disappointed. Jenkins family tells 7News they forgive Fabian, but remain devastated and said he must pay for what he has done.
“That’s when we took down the family photo, you know, I can have a choice to be angry and bitter, and that’s not going to change the circumstances,” said Samuel Maffett, Jenkin’s stepfather.
Maffett said Jenkins loved his family and was always laughing. Jenkins is survived by a 17-year-old son.
“It’s going to be alright. We are all going to get through it together. Right now, we just have to process everything,” said Maffett.
Investigators say they have yet to charge Fabian with Jenkins’ murder pending blood test that were extracted at the crash site.
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