PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A 35-year-old Boca Raton man is facing two charges of driving under the influence manslaughter after two elderly New York residents died and a woman was critically injured when their vehicle was struck by his vehicle that ran a red light in February near Boca Raton, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.
Jamie Josue Gomez Escobedo also is facing a charge of driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury. All three are felonies.
At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Warrants Unit arrested him. He was booked into the county jail at 3:37 p.m.
On Feb. 1, the intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and Kimberly Road was closed for about five hours after the crash about 10:30 a.m.
Deputies didn't identify the names except for Escobedo, who ran a red light in a 2016 Grand Cherokee Jeep traveling southbound in the outside lane of U.S. 441 approaching Kimberly, according to the crash report.
An 82-year-old man driving a 2021 Nissan Rogue was going westbound on Kimberly, attempting to go through the intersection with a green signal.
The Jeep collided with the Nissan. The front of the Jeep violently impacted the passenger's side of the Nissan, which went in a southwesterly direction while rolling over violently before coming to final rest upside down on the southwest corner of the intersection.
The Jeep went in a southwesterly direction, while rotating in a clockwise manner before coming to final rest within the southbound lanes of the intersection.
The Nissan's driver and a 79-year-old woman were pronounced deceased at the scene. A female passenger from Boca Raton was extricated by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and was taken to Delray Medical Center.
