VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A family is mourning the loss of their two children after a horrific crash in Volusia County last night.
Deputies were following a carjacking suspect on I-95 South, when he turned around on the highway and crashed head-on into the victims.
The siblings had just left the Christmas lights at the Speedway. Domynick Mills, 21, and 18-year-old Danycka Milis died in the crash.
Two other teens were taken to the hospital.
“I don’t know what you say to the family,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. “They have a great night at Christmas lights and their kids are murdered – and that’s what they were: Murdered.”
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The sheriff says the suspect was traveling over 100 mph when the crash occurred. It started in Flagler County where a license plate reader got a hit on the suspect car as being stolen during an armed robbery of a pizza delivery driver in Orlando on Sunday.
He sped away and made it to Volusia County, where deputies also tried to stop him.
Troopers said at around 7 p.m., deputies saw the carjacker making a U-turn on I-95, then began driving north in the southbound lanes.
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The pursuit was called off, and the crash happened sometime later, troopers said.
FHP said the suspect died in the crash, along with a 21-year-old man and a 18-year-old woman. The 21-year-old and 18-year-old were brother and sister, according to officials.
A 13-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl survived the crash. They are in stable condition, according to troopers.
State officials have yet to name the suspect who was also killed, but Chitwood said he has 50 prior arrests and no driver’s license, that he’s been incarcerated eight times in state prison.
“This is his criminal history and he’s out walking among us,” Chitwood said.
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