NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Thirty-year-old Maiky Simeon has officially been arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol in connection to a head-on collision that killed five people.
Simeon was charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, Monday.
Troopers are waiting on results from a toxicology report to determine if Simeon was under the influence at the time of the crash, early Saturday morning.
If the report concludes that Simeon was impaired during the incident, additional charges will be filed.
Simeon is receiving medical care at the hospital and is being monitored by law enforcement officials. He will be booked into jail once he is discharged from the hospital.
Investigators said Simeon never hit the brakes before slamming into the car.
According to FHP, four women and one man who were inside the car, were instantly killed in a head-on collision at around 4:30 a.m, Saturday.
Family members remembered the lives lost on social media.
In a Facebook post, the father of Daniela Marcano wrote “I know you are in a better place, but the emptiness I feel is too much to handle.”
He also said he is trying to make sense of it all but can’t.
He wrote, “The heartache I feel is like nothing I’ve felt before. We as parents are not supposed to bury our children.”
His daughter was among five other friends who would instantly lose their lives together in the horrific crash.
On Sunday, mourners set up a makeshift memorial that continues to grow against a chain-link fence, near the entrance ramp at Northwest 57th Avenue, feet from where investigators said Simeon slammed head-on into the Honda sedan the victims were riding in.
Five families are now planning funerals.
If you’d like to help with funeral costs, Gofundme accounts for all the victims can be found here.
A gathering will be held for the five victims on Tuesday, at 6 p.m., at Hammocks Community Park.
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