A violent, high-speed crash rocked a quiet Opa-locka neighborhood Wednesday morning, leaving one person dead and two women fighting for their lives after a speeding car barreled down a residential street and took out nearly everything in its path. The wreck, which happened around 7 a.m. on Northwest 135th Street, quickly became the kind of scene that leaves neighbors shaken for days.
The driver of the out-of-control Lamborghini was ejected on impact and pronounced dead at the scene. Two women were transported by helicopter to a nearby hospital in critical condition. As of this writing, the identities of those involved have not been officially released, and the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office has opened a full investigation into what caused the crash.
Residents nearby were jolted awake by the sound of the impact. One neighbor, Carlos Ponce, described the noise as “gruesome” and said he stepped outside expecting nothing and found chaos just feet from his front door. What he saw next, he said, he was not prepared for: a person down on the ground, a demolished car, and debris scattered in every direction…