James Lawrence Case (Broward County Sheriff’s Office).
A Florida man has been charged with vehicular homicide after police said he crashed into another car while driving 156 mph.
James Case, 20, was driving his Audi S5 after midnight on Jan. 25 with three other passengers, according to an arrest warrant filed in Broward County. The document stated that while Case was driving, one of his passengers told him to slow down, to which Case reportedly responded, “I am James, I know what I am doing.”
Another passenger had posted a video from inside the car to social media that featured a view of the dashboard displaying Case’s extreme speed — 156 mph in a 45 mph zone. The passenger who posted that video was killed when Case’s vehicle crashed into a Honda Accord.
According to the warrant, Case was not under the influence, nor were any of his passengers, whose names were all redacted in the document. However, local CBS affiliate WPLG reported that Case had a number of traffic-related violations going back to 2022 that were never prosecuted.
The warrant stated that at around 2:45 a.m. on Jan. 25, Case attempted to change lanes “in an unsafe manner,” causing a rear-end collision with the Honda Accord in front of him. The Audi S5 then spun onto the shoulder, struck the curb, then rolled over, landing on the roof.
The passenger who was killed was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle, slamming into a nearby gate before landing on the ground. The alleged victim was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the warrant, the driver of the Honda Accord told police that when she got out of her car and saw “a body on the ground split in half,” she returned to her vehicle.
Case and five others involved in the crash were brought to the hospital to be treated for their injuries.
The passenger who had told Case to slow down told police that Case “usually drives at a high rate of speed when they are in the car together.”
Case was charged with six felonies and three misdemeanors, including one count of vehicular homicide and five counts of reckless driving with injury. A magistrate judge set his bail at $325,000 and ordered that he turn over his passport, refrain from driving, and submit to GPS monitoring as part of his bail conditions.
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