177mph

Any updates on this story?

Falcondrivr

Current rumor around the track is that his wife may have been driving...

mrbill_fl

update: victim's partner sues ferrari owner (civil)

police have still not filed any charges

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According to the civil complaint filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Delgado called his wife, Patricia Verde, and she picked him up.

Verde, registered as a co-owner of the Ferrari, is named as a co-defendant in the civil suit.

Delgado was a frequent participant in regional sportscar competitions and was featured in a YouTube video driving a car called The Beast. As an advanced driver he took part in time trials and open driving groups, according to the National Auto Sport Association.

Not long before the crash, he had been named an instructor in the organization's high-performance driving school.



http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-...,2837648.story

996FLT6

^From that report sounds like his wife picked him up after the crash. Anyway that's messed up whoever was driving the Ferrari. Mike

mdrums

In a crash.....don't you stay at the crash site, render assistance if you can and wait for the police and ambulance to arrive?.....and not run away from the scene of the accident

JG 996T

Felony. Can't believe they haven't filed criminal charges yet.

RDCR

Moral here: "don't blow, just go" - $ and a good lawyer will take care of the rest!

User 52121

As crappy as it is - that's pretty much exactly what my attorney always told me. "Unless you're POSITIVE you will blow a 0.0, don't blow. We'll take care of it in court later."

JG 996T

Failure to blow is a statutory automatic loss of license in many States.

Falcondrivr

Here in Florida, it's 6 months automatic suspension. 1st DUI is 1 year, plus all of the fees and fines. However, one can be convicted of DUI without blowing, based upon other evidence.

As to why in this case they haven't filed criminal charges: they have to be able to prove who was driving. You can't file criminal cahrges against the owner of the car if someone else was the driver.

User 52121

It is here in IL too but with this crooked state nothing is truly "mandatory" or "automatic" if you have a good attorney.

mrbill_fl

IIRC, FL just changed the law on leaving the scene of an accident with injuries. I think its a year in jail, but not positive.

Cell phone towers will probably be used to place one of the owners in the car. -if not behind the wheel. -same for the pickup driver.

in the case of Ryan levin, he was able to settle a civil suit with the families of those he killed.
in this case civil settlement may not be enough, to avoid prison.

This CIVIL suit might give them access to the phone records/ tower pings.. and make the case for the SAO

85Gold

http://touch.sun-sentinel.com/#secti.../p2p-81405433/

Peter

sbelles

I hope they throw the book at both of them.

Coochas

Thanks for posting that link. I've thought about this case a number of times and hadn't seen anything related to it.

It's bad enough to cause such a reckless accident but to flee the scene without seeing if anyone was hurt is unforgivable.