Families of the teenagers killed in a wrong-way crash are hoping a plea deal can be reached for the driver accused of the August 2022 tragedy on the Palmetto Expressway.
Miami-Dade prosecutors and attorneys for Maiky Simeon, now 33, have been going back and forth on terms for a plea deal but have yet to reach an agreement, they said at a Friday hearing in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
Prosecutors previously offered Simeon a 20-year sentence, which he rejected. His attorney, Larry Handfield, countered with proposals of 10 and 15 years, but prosecutor Shawn Abuhoff made it clear they will not accept anything less than 20 years.
According to an arrest affidavit, Simeon drove the wrong way on the Palmetto Expressway for at least a mile before colliding near Northwest 57th Avenue with a dark gray Honda Accord driven by 19-year-old Brianna Michelle Pacalagua…