Enrique Hernandez, 18, was arrested in connection with a fatal stolen car crash in Martin County near the intersection of Southwest Kanner Highway and Southeast Cove Road that left three people dead in May.
Hernandez, who was 18 at the time of the accident, was transported from the Palm Beach County Jail to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday afternoon.
We expect to hear from the sheriff later today what charges will be filed against Hernandez and how detectives determined whether Hernandez was behind the wheel of the stolen vehicle that plunged into the St. Lucie River near Kanner Highway and Cove Road.
Nineteen-year-old Jerry Choisy, 18-year-old Geovany Alexis and 17-year-old Marcus Griffin, all of Palm Beach County, died.
Hernandez and another teenager from Boynton Beach were found alive.
As he entered the sheriff’s office in Stuart, WPTV’s Jon Shainman asked Hernandez if he had anything to say to the families.
“I love my brothers,” Hernandez said.
WPTV’s Ethan Stein spoke to Hernandez’s mother, Erica Hernandez, back in May. She said her son told her, “He was in an accident, that’s all he said, an accident. He said he’s fine. I’m in the hospital’ and nothing more. I called him and nobody answered.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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