Driver in 2022 wrong-way Palmetto Expressway crash that killed 5 pleads guilty

A driver charged in a 2022 wrong-way crash on the Palmetto Expressway in Miami-Dade that killed five people pleaded guilty on Friday. Maiky Simeon, 30, faced five counts of vehicular homicide. Simeon accepted a 25-year state prison sentence with no credit for the time served. Maiky Simeon The crash happened around 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 20, 2022 when a silver Infiniti sedan driven by Simeon was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes in the area of Northwest 57th Avenue when it slammed head-on into a gray Honda sedan. Five people who were in the Honda were killed at the scene: Briana Pacalagua, Daniela Marcano, Giancarlos Arias, Valeria Pena, and Valeria Caceres. They were driving back from Arias going-away party that night. According to an arrest report, Simeon, the only person in the Infiniti, had been driving in the wrong direction for at least one mile before the crash. There were no pre-collision skid marks for vehicle 1 or evidence on the roadway indicating