MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 19-year-old man was arrested Wednesday following an ATV crash in southwest Miami-Dade that killed his passenger.
The crash was reported at 1:43 a.m. on Jan. 31 in the area of Southwest 136th Street and 208th Avenue.
According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Robert Carlos Antelo, of Miami, was driving the Honda ATV east on 136th Street within Everglades National Park when he failed to see a raised South Florida Water Management Department levee.
Deputies said Antelo struck the levee, causing the ATV to go airborne and then slide several feet along the dirt roadway before hitting a closed metal swing gate.
Antelo’s passenger, Sophia Veronica Nieto, also 19, was transported to Jackson South Medical Center where she died a short time later, authorities said.
According to the arrest report, a deputy who responded to the accident scene noticed that Antelo’s breath smelled strongly of alcohol.
Deputies said blood was drawn from Antelo before he was transported to the hospital, where two other blood draws were taken.
The report states that the first blood draw showed a blood-alcohol content of .136%.
Deputies said Antelo voluntarily surrendered himself Tuesday at MDSO headquarters.
He was subsequently arrested on a charge of DUI manslaughter.
As of Thursday afternoon, Antelo was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $25,000 bond.
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