PAHOKEE, Fla. — Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputies have arrested a teenager who they said is responsible for the deaths of two Pahokee High School students killed in a crash in April.
The 17-year-old boy was arrested Saturday.
Deputies said the boy was driving a 2021 Dodge Challenger just after 4 p.m. on April 3 and traveling at a high rate of speed on State Road 715, while his friends, Jeremiah Dukes, 17, and Brandon Honeycutt, 16, were in the car.
The boy lost control of the car and crashed into a 2005 Ford F150. The boy and the driver of the Ford F150 survived, but Dukes and Honeycutt died.
Deputies said the 17-year-old was driving with a valid learner's permit at the time of the crash and traveling at 109 mph before losing control of the car.
The teen, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, faces two counts of vehicular homicide.
The families of Dukes and Honeycutt said they miss them on the football field.
"Not to be able to go to his games and see what he's capable of doing and to talk about him to everybody else," Tyler Dubert, Dukes' cousin, said, "Man, it just sends chills through my body."
The Pahokee Blue Devils' first football game of the season is Aug. 18 against St. Lucie West Centennial High School.