6 killed in rollover crash involving a teen BMW driver in Delray Beach, deputies say
Six people are dead after a teen speeding in a BMW collided with their car, causing it to spin and roll over in Delray Beach, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday.
The deadly collision happened on the northbound lanes of U.S. 441/South State Road 7 shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday.
Deputies say the 17-year-old from Wellington was driving north at a “high rate of speed” in his 2019 BMW M5 when he collided with the rear-end of a woman’s 2018 Nissan Rogue. The sheriff’s office said he was under the influence but didn’t clarify whether it was alcohol or drugs. The Miami Herald is withholding the teen’s name because he is a minor and has not yet been charged.
The force of the crash sent the Nissan spinning into a dirt median, where it “began flipping and rolling over before coming to final rest (upside down) within the center median facing northwest,” according to the sheriff’s office. The teen’s car spun onto the eastern shoulder of the road.
By the time fire rescue arrived, five people inside the Nissan had died. Another person inside the car was taken to Delray Medical Center, where they died from their injuries. The teen BMW driver suffered minor injuries.
As of Friday morning, the teen had not been arrested and was not in custody, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Therese Barbera told the Miami Herald in an email.
“This is an active and ongoing investigation that can last up to weeks or months,” Barbera wrote.
The sheriff’s office hasn’t disclosed the names or ages of the people who died. A news release mentions that out of the six people in the Nissan, at least three were female and one was male.
A search of Palm Beach County court records show that the teen was cited in May 2021 for driving with an unregistered motor vehicle. The case was closed and not prosecuted.
This article will be updated.
This story was originally published January 28, 2022 at 2:47 PM.
