MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A man accused of driving more than 100 mph before causing a crash that left a couple dead in southwest Miami-Dade last month has been arrested, authorities confirmed Tuesday.
Authorities said Joel Ricardo, 38, was taken into custody Monday by the Florida Highway Patrol in connection with the Feb. 4 crash that killed Bairon Omar Garcia Bol and his wife, Marta Isabel De Leon Lopez.
Family members say the couple, who were married for 36 years, were heading home from a nearby pharmacy when the crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of Bird Road and Southwest 88th Court, in the Westchester neighborhood.
According to investigators, Ricardo was behind the wheel of a black Ford Expedition traveling westbound on Bird Road at an “extremely high rate of speed” when he approached the intersection…