Mother of 2 heading home from work killed after speeding drunk driver drove '2,000-pound missile' into her Chevy Equinox and split it in half

A Florida antheral who pleaded blameworthy to driving drunk erstwhile helium slammed into an SUV carrying a parent of 2 and her fellow volition walk much than 2 decades successful prison.

Cesar Navarrete, 27, entered blameworthy pleas to 4 charges, including DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide successful transportation with a November 2024 car clang that killed 37-year-old Sara-Danielle Holmes. On Thursday, helium was sentenced to 25 years successful situation positive 10 years of supervised release. His driver's licence was besides permanently revoked.

Holmes, a parent of 2 small girls, was the rider of a Chevy Equinox that her boyfriend, Sergio Larcher de Brito, was driving connected the nighttime of Nov. 2, 2024. De Brito, Navarrete, and Navarrete's rider were each injured successful the crash but survived, according to the Bradenton Police Department.

In a property merchandise announcing the sentencing, the Bradenton Police Department said Navarrete was driving astatine a velocity of 115 miles per hr and drunk erstwhile helium ran a reddish airy and deed the Equinox carrying Holmes and de Brito. The interaction "[split] the conveyance successful half," constabulary said. Holmes was rushed to a hospital, wherever she died of her injuries.

At the scene, constabulary said Navarrete "displayed signs of impairment," and an probe determined that helium had a humor intoxicant contented of 0.165. He had been antecedently convicted of DUI and was driving with a suspended license.

Local ABC affiliate WFTS spoke with Holmes' mother pursuing the crash, who told the station, "Get down a 2,000-pound missile, a weapon, thrust done postulation similar that and instrumentality into information cipher astir you."

WFTS reported that Holmes had conscionable finished her displacement astatine enactment and was heading backmost location with de Brito. They were a artifact distant from her location erstwhile they were hit.

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Navarrete pleaded blameworthy to vehicular homicide, DUI manslaughter, driving nether the influence, driving with a suspended licence and causing superior bodily wounded oregon death. In summation to his situation sentence, Navarrete was ordered to wage much than $40,000 successful fines and restitution.

A GoFundMe page started by Holmes' loved ones to rise wealth for her surviving daughters is inactive active.