Corvette driver was going 110 mph, trying to pass Jeep on beachline road before deadly crash, FHP says
Summary
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The driver who allegedly crashed into the Jeep and killed two people on Nov. 1 was traveling 180 mph, FHP said.
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A 72-year-old man and a 73-year-old woman died in the accident.
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The driver faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol said the vehicle that hit another driver, killing a man and woman, was traveling 180 mph at the time of the crash.
Two people died in a crash in Ormond-By-The-Sea and charges were upgraded to two counts of vehicular homicide.
What do we know?
Scott March, 63, He is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and reckless driving causing serious bodily injury. After a fatal accident
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He was driving from Port Barrington, Illinois, with his last address in Daytona Beach, on FL-A1A/Ocean Shore Boulevard and Sandpiper Ridge Drive in March. Volusia County He crashed into an SUV while trying to cross a two-lane road, FHP said.
Scott March, of Port Barrington, Illinois, was arrested on Nov. 3 for loitering and prowling, authorities said. He was also involved in the fatal crash on Nov. 1, FHP said.
Authorities said that the accident occurred around 18:00 in an area where the speed limit is stated to be 45 miles per hour. But authorities said Nov. 12 that preliminary evidence showed March was traveling at approximately 180 miles per hour at the time of the crash. FHP said March was traveling 147 mph 5.5 seconds before the crash.
FHP said March struck the rear left side of the Jeep, causing both the driver, Thomas Richard Lauck, 72, of Ohio, and the passenger, Julia Ann Lauck, 73, to be ejected from the vehicle.
Two people died in the accident involving two vehicles. A lawsuit was filed against the suspect for murder in two separate vehicles. (Source: Greg Diesel Walck)
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Authorities said Thomas Lauck died at the scene, and Julia Lauck was transported to the hospital in critical condition. HE died five days later on November 6.
FHP said none of the people in the Jeep were wearing seat belts.
Mart was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Two people died in the accident involving two vehicles. A lawsuit was filed against the suspect for murder in two separate vehicles. (Source: Greg Diesel Walck)
What’s next?
FHP said the vehicle’s Incident Data Recorder, also known as the “black box,” must be verified through traffic accident reconstruction.
Source
Information in this story was collected from the Florida Highway Patrol.
