PLANTATION, FL : Arrest made in 2022 multi-vehicle crash on Saturday, 30th December 2023

A man was arrested this weekend for his involvement in a 2022 multi-vehicle crash on Florida's Turnpike that left a young tow truck driver dead.

Florida Highway Patrol announced early Saturday morning that 42-year-old Lucas Cerotti of Margate had been arrested and charged with two counts of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, DUI property damage and reckless driving resulting in personal injury and/or property damage.

Back on Oct. 8, 2022, around 5:04 a.m., an FHP trooper was traveling southbound on Florida's Turnpike just south of Sunrise Boulevard within Plantation city limits when he observed a four-vehicle crash in the northbound lanes of the area. He then responded to the scene, where he found that it also involved three pedestrians and resulted in one fatality, which prompted another trooper to respond.

According to police investigations at the time, three vehicles of the four vehicles were stopped upon the outside paved shoulder of the northbound lanes, with a Toyota Sequoia parked ahead of the Chevrolet Colorado, which was parked ahead of a Ford F-450 tow truck. The Toyota was disabled due to a flat tire, and its driver called assistance from the Chevrolet driver as the tow truck responded to the scene, the warrant affidavit stated.

With the tow truck amber lights flashing, the tow truck driver -- who was identified as 22-year-old Darryl Larueso Brooks -- was standing in front of his vehicle at the time of the crash.

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