A 19-year-old man is facing felony charges for the deaths of three people, including a 16-year-old boy, in a crash last month in Port St. Lucie, police said Wednesday.
At a news conference, Port St. Lucie Police Chief Richard Del Toro said Dylan Ray Boully, of Okeechobee, was driving a Dodge Ram 1500 under the influence of alcohol at approximately 11:30 p.m. on March 15 when he went off Southeast Veterans Memorial Parkway and slammed into a tree.
Port St. Lucie Police DepartmentPolice said Leah Herman, 20, of Port St. Lucie, Jimmy Brown, 18, of Okeechobee, and Draiden Frank, 16, of Port St. Lucie, died in the wreck, while Boully and another passenger, Lia Maria Tucker, 17, were injured and taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital.
Del Toro said that at the time of the crash, Boully’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit and he was “recklessly speeding” around 80 mph.