South Florida Man Turns Himself In After Crash Kills 2 Tourists
A Pompano Beach man turned himself in to deputies after an investigation showed that he was driving more than 120 miles per hour the night he crashed into a rental car carrying a group of tourists, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Eric Parr, 33, showed up at the Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail Wednesday to face two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of reckless driving. After a nine-month investigation, investigators concluded that Parr was driving his black Corvette recklessly when he struck a white Chevy Monte Carlo at 1:38 a.m. on Powerline Road near the Palm-Aire Country Club on April 5.Jennifer Keesey, 33, of North Dakota and Renae Gustafson, 32, of Minnesota, were killed in the crash. Kristine Boike, also of Minnesota, who was in the right rear passenger’s seat, was seriously injured.
According to the BSO, the rental car was turning into the country club when the Corvette slammed into it, killing Keesey and Gustafson. The impact was so strong that the engine from the Monte Carlo was thrown from the frame of the vehicle and landed on the street. The Corvette went airborne crashing through the bushes of a nearby parking lot, according to BSO.
Parr, and his 38-year-old passenger, Elena McGrane, of Coconut Creek, were taken to the hospital that evening with non life-threatening injures.
Parr is being held at the BSO Main Jail on a $5,025 bond.