They arrest a 15-year-old teenager responsible for the accident that claimed the lives of two Cuban women in Hialeah

Hialeah Police arrested the 15-year-old teenager responsible for thetraffic accident where two Cuban women lost their lives and another suffered serious injuries.

Authorities identified the young man asMichael Santiesteban, who on the day of the incident had stolen his father's car to go for a walk with friends and was driving at 83 mph (133.58 kmph) when the car in which the three women were riding collided.

The boyHe now faces two counts of vehicular manslaughter and three counts of driving without a license..

According to Eddie Rodríguez, spokesperson for the Hialeah Police, he will be tried as an adult and could be sentenced to up to 45 years in prison.

"We are talking about that for each charge of vehicular homicide, there are 15 years in prison, plus 15 years of probation and up to $15,000 in fines for each charge, and for each charge there are another five additional years for each charge," he explained.

Authorities revealed that the teenager lives very close to the scene of the accident. When the impact occurred, his family came out of the house and realized that it was their car that had crashed.

The tragic event occurred on Tuesday night, when the three Cubans: two sisters and the daughter of one of them, had gone out shopping.

Their names wereYarina Garcia Hernandez, 39 years old, and his auntGloria Esther Hernandez, 71 years old. Yarina's mother, calledLiliana Hernandez Molina, 65, is in critical condition in a Miami hospital.

Thefamily requests financial help to cover the survivor's medical expenses and the funerals of the two deceased.

"Our family is heartbroken, devastated and will never be the same. We appreciate any contribution you can provide to honor their lives," he asked on the platform.GoFundMe Yipsy Osorio, who organizes the fundraiser with the goal of raising $60,000.

America TeVe obtained statements from Roberto García, Yarina's father and Liliana's husband, who described his daughter as a feisty, hard-working and responsible girl.

"She came home from work every day and she gave me a kiss and told me, 'daddy I love you', and I'm not going to have that anymore, they took that away from me, because they took that away because of that irresponsible boy." , she said through tears.

"My wife is seriously ill in the hospital, she is not to blame either and my sister-in-law who was like my sister, who always looked after me every day, my sister-in-law was an angel to me too that they took her away from me," he added.