.Detroit -- A teen drove virtually 140 miles per hour just days before a high-speed crash in rural Detroit last November that killed his pal, according to online video secured by CBS Headlines today. On Nov. 17, 2023, Flynn MacKrell, 18, was actually a passenger in a BMW X3 that collapsed in to an utility post as well as plant mins after he left his house in the urban area of Grosse Pointe Farms.Flynn's 16-year-old friend, Kiernan Tague, was behind the steering wheel and survived. Cops claim Tague was actually steering over 100 mph on a home road where the velocity limitation was actually 25 miles per hour.
" Daily I get out of bed and also it essentially seems like a scary program," Anne Vanker, Flynn's mommy, informed CBS News. MacKrell's moms and dads believe Tague's mommy, Elizabeth Puleo-Tague, could possibly as well as ought to possess ceased him.
" I assume both of them should visit jail," said Thad MacKrell, Flynn's daddy, of Tague and also his mama. " Total carelessness homicide for Elizabeth," Vanker claimed. Detectives discovered mobile phone video clips on Tague's phone revealing a style of extreme speeding, matched they state through records from an application phoned Life 360 which his mama used to track his automobile in the weeks leading up to the collision. In the course of a 17-day time frame, the app taped that concerning an one-fourth of his travels involved speeds over 100 mph, as well as 10% entailed velocities over 120 miles per hour.
Authorities records revealed that Tague's mama was concerned about her boy's driving, texting him when that "it terrifies me to my bone tissue," and also another time to "slow down the f-- down at the moment!" Tague was actually charged in March along with second-degree massacre and also stays out on bail. If condemned, he could be punished at the very least partially as an adult. When spoken to by CBS Headlines, the family's lawyer had no opinion, pointing out continuous litigation.Anne as well as Thad contrast the claim to that of Oxford, Michigan, school shooter Ethan Crumbley. Both his parents were independently sentenced earlier this year for not safeguarding the weapon he utilized in the 2021 killing of 4 people.CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson says she believes this situation can be also stronger." She possessed months and also months of knowledge of her son's careless driving," Levinson claimed. "And also she not just neglected to take the tricks away. She really gave him an automobile that could possibly go a lot faster.".
Lilia Luciano.
Lilia Luciano is an acclaimed reporter as well as CBS Updates 24/7 anchor and also contributor based in The big apple Urban Area. Luciano is the recipient of multiple news honors, consisting of a Walter Cronkite Award, a local Edward R. Murrow Award as well as 5 regional Emmys.