4 hospitalized after street racing car collides with minivan in Davie

DAVIE, FLA. (WSVN) - A man and three children were taken to the hospital after, police said, a car that was street racing collided with a minivan in Davie, Sunday morning.

According to Davie Police, a red Mercedes and silver Infiniti were street racing in the northbound lanes of Davie Road, just before 11 a.m. The Mercedes then crashed into a white minivan that was pulling out of the parking lot of a Restaurant Depot, near Southwest 37th Street.

“Witness accounts have these vehicles traveling at excessively high rates of speed,” said Davie Police Sgt. Mark Leone. “You can see from the carnage of the crash that these vehicles were moving.”

Investigators said the Mercedes and Infiniti were topping out at more than 100 miles per hour.

The minivan’s driver, identified by a co-worker as catering company owner Dominick Del Pozzo, was ejected more than 30 feet from the vehicle.

The collision sent the red Mercedes in the southbound lanes, where it caught fire. In addition to the driver, police said, three small children were inside the sedan.

“I just saw the people hurt. I didn’t want him to die,” said good Samaritan Rebecca Thomas, who rushed to Del Pozzo’s side to render aid.

“All I could give him was chest compressions. His airways were full of blood. I couldn’t give him CPR,” said Thomas, as she held back tears.

Crews transported Del Pozzo to Memorial Regional Hospital in critical condition.

Thomas said she spotted a child who was riding in the Mercedes. “There was a little girl laying in the grass,” she said.

Good Samaritans managed to pull the two other children from the mangled Mercedes.

Two of the children were transported to Broward Health Medical Center, and the third was taken to Memorial Regional. The extent of their injuries remains unknown.

Officials did not specify whether or not the driver of the Mercedes was transported.

Pieces of vehicle lined the road as investigators worked the crash.

One of Del Pozzo’s co-workers stopped by the scene. “He was ejected? Oh, my God,” said Marlin upon learning the details of the crash.

Marlin, who did not give his last name, said Del Pozzo, his boss at the catering company, had only stopped at the store to grab some groceries for the business.

“He’s my friend as well,” said Marlin. “He basically gave me a chance when nobody else would, and I’m here because of him.”

The driver of the Infiniti remained at the scene.

Police have not made any arrests.

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