Broward deputies disciplined after internal review of Tesla crash that killed 2
Two Broward Sheriff’s deputies were suspended after an internal investigation centered on whether a violent crash that killed two women more than a year earlier occurred during a pursuit.
Gavin Dorvil, 21, of Lauderdale Lakes, was driving a 2023 Tesla Model 3 on Aug. 11, 2024, about 4 p.m. when he ran a red light at the intersection of Northwest 27th Avenue and Sistrunk Boulevard near Fort Lauderdale and collided with a Dodge Durango, a probable cause affidavit said. The Tesla was speeding between 85 and 91 mph in a 35 mph zone at the moment of impact, according to the affidavit and a newly released 24-page BSO Internal Affairs investigation report. Both cars then crashed through a fence around the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Central cemetery.
BSO’s Internal Affairs investigated allegations that Deputies Nicholas Marciante and Mark Sugg violated BSO’s discretion and pursuit policies by following the Tesla after the driver refused to stop and drove evasively to get away, according to the IA report.