2 injured when car hits west Boca home

A mother and her grown daughter from Homestead, ages 61 and 32, were killed early Wednesday in a traffic crash on U.S. 441 Northward well-nigh Ocala. Four other members of the same family unit, including a ten-month-onetime girl, were injured. The other driver was arrested on DUI manslaughter charges.

Here's what we know about the example:

How did this crash happen?

About 1 a.one thousand. Wednesday, co-ordinate to the Florida Highway Patrol, the Homestead family was northbound in the right lane of U.Due south. 441 Due north, near Northwest 95th Street. Logan Levi Alexander Weir passed a UPS semi tractor-trailer, came in behind the family's KIA SUV, then striking that vehicle from behind, causing it to split and overturn.

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What is the latest on the medical status of the four surviving victims?

According to the FHP: The driver, a 58-twelvemonth-erstwhile homo, had minor injuries. His grown son, age 29, was in the front rider seat. He was treated for minor injuries and released from Ocala Regional Medical Center.

The passenger's married woman, historic period 26, was at ORMC in serious condition. Their ten-month-old daughter was in serious status at UF Health Shands in Gainesville.

Where is doubtable Logan Levi Alexander Weir?

Weir, 32, of Boca Raton, posted bail and was released from the Marion Canton Jail tardily Wednesday. His bail had been set up at $22,000. He faces 2 counts of DUI manslaughter, two counts of DUI with serious bodily injuries and two counts of DUI belongings amercement and injuries.

Co-ordinate to troopers, although Weir's driver's license has a Boca Raton accost, he lives most of the fourth dimension in the north Marion Canton community of Citra.

Why do we know the doubtable's name but not the names of the victims from Homestead?

The Florida Highway Patrol no longer provides names in its press releases. However, since Weir was arrested, his name is on the arrest affidavit, where names are routinely listed.

FHP said Weir refused a field sobriety test, and so how could troopers arrest him on DUI charges?

According to the arrest affidavit, Weir's breath smelled of alcohol, they plant containers (empty beer cans and a flask) in his Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, and they observed that his eyes were watery and bloodshot and that he was swaying and unsteady on his feet.

He also told troopers that he had been at a nearby bar before the crash.

According to the arrest affirmation, when Weir declined to provide a blood sample, he said he had seen Rittenhouse and doesn't trust "whatever of them."

Rittenhouse was a reference to Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of murder charges later fatal shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin. "Any of them" was an apparent reference to law enforcement in general.

Is there more evidence in the DUI instance?

Though Weir declined to voluntarily give a claret sample, troopers obtained a search warrant that allowed them to get a sample. The claret volition exist sent to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement laboratory for testing.

Why was the Homestead family north of Ocala Tuesday night/early Wed?

The highway patrol said the family was driving to Due north Carolina for the Thanksgiving holiday. Troopers did not say where in the state.

This story includes information from Star-Banner reporter Austin L. Miller

Source: https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2021/11/26/2-homestead-relatives-killed-4-injured-marion-crash-what-we-know/8763868002/

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