5 teens were killed in a car that swerved off a road and sank in a Florida pond
5 teens were killed in a car that swerved off a road and sank in a Florida pond
People gather at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged vehicle in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People embrace at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged car in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
Portraits of five teens who drowned sit on display at a Texas Roadhouse in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Jonah Hinebaugh/The News-Press via AP)
Flowers sits at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged car in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People embrace at the scene where five young teenagers were found dead in a submerged vehicle in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People gather at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged vehicle in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
A person leaves flowers at a memorial at a Texas Roadhouse for five teens who drowned in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Jonah Hinebaugh/The News-Press via AP)
People embrace at the scene five teenagers were found dead in a submerged car in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
A woman leaves flowers at a memorial at a Texas Roadhouse for five teens who drowned in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Jonah Hinebaugh/The News-Press via AP)
People gather at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged vehicle in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People gather at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged vehicle in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People embrace at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged car in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People embrace at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged car in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
Portraits of five teens who drowned sit on display at a Texas Roadhouse in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Jonah Hinebaugh/The News-Press via AP)
Portraits of five teens who drowned sit on display at a Texas Roadhouse in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Jonah Hinebaugh/The News-Press via AP)
Flowers sits at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged car in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
Flowers sits at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged car in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People embrace at the scene where five young teenagers were found dead in a submerged vehicle in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People embrace at the scene where five young teenagers were found dead in a submerged vehicle in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People gather at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged vehicle in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People gather at the scene where five teenagers were found dead in a submerged vehicle in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
A person leaves flowers at a memorial at a Texas Roadhouse for five teens who drowned in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Jonah Hinebaugh/The News-Press via AP)
A person leaves flowers at a memorial at a Texas Roadhouse for five teens who drowned in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Jonah Hinebaugh/The News-Press via AP)
People embrace at the scene five teenagers were found dead in a submerged car in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
People embrace at the scene five teenagers were found dead in a submerged car in a retention pond in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP)
A woman leaves flowers at a memorial at a Texas Roadhouse for five teens who drowned in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Jonah Hinebaugh/The News-Press via AP)
A woman leaves flowers at a memorial at a Texas Roadhouse for five teens who drowned in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. Authorities say an out-of-control car landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, killing all five teenagers in the vehicle. (Jonah Hinebaugh/The News-Press via AP)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Five teenagers were killed when their car ran off a curving street and landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, authorities said.
It happened either late Sunday or early Monday, killing everyone inside. The crumpled Kia sedan was pulled from the water on Monday.
On Tuesday morning, Fort Myers Police confirmed their identities as Eric Paul, 19; Jackson Eyre, 18; Amanda Ferguson, 18; Breanna Coleman, 18; and Jesus Salinas, 18.
The News-Press in Fort Myers reported that Paul, Eyre, Ferguson and Coleman worked together at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant, and had gone out together to get fast food after finishing their Sunday night shifts. The steakhouse was closed Monday so their friends and families could grieve together at a dinner where flowers were placed alongside their framed pictures.
Retired judge Jan L. Brodie issued the decision from the bench after an hourslong hearing in Chesterfield Circuit Court.
Several Chesterfield County residents filed a petition in November alleging that Hashmi, who was first elected in 2019 and recently won a second term, was not complying with the requirement that candidates live in the district they are seeking to represent.
In the court proceedings, both sides acknowledged that Hashmi had rented an apartment inside the confines of the Richmond-area 15th District where she was elected in November after the most recent redistricting process resulted in new political maps. But the petitioners argued she had not abandoned the longtime family home where her husband continued to live, which is located near the apartment but in a different district, the one in which Hashmi was first elected.
Retired judge Jan L. Brodie issued the decision from the bench after an hourslong hearing in Chesterfield Circuit Court.
Several Chesterfield County residents filed a petition in November alleging that Hashmi, who was first elected in 2019 and recently won a second term, was not complying with the requirement that candidates live in the district they are seeking to represent.
In the court proceedings, both sides acknowledged that Hashmi had rented an apartment inside the confines of the Richmond-area 15th District where she was elected in November after the most recent redistricting process resulted in new political maps. But the petitioners argued she had not abandoned the longtime family home where her husband continued to live, which is located near the apartment but in a different district, the one in which Hashmi was first elected.
Retired judge Jan L. Brodie issued the decision from the bench after an hourslong hearing in Chesterfield Circuit Court.
Several Chesterfield County residents filed a petition in November alleging that Hashmi, who was first elected in 2019 and recently won a second term, was not complying with the requirement that candidates live in the district they are seeking to represent.
In the court proceedings, both sides acknowledged that Hashmi had rented an apartment inside the confines of the Richmond-area 15th District where she was elected in November after the most recent redistricting process resulted in new political maps. But the petitioners argued she had not abandoned the longtime family home where her husband continued to live, which is located near the apartment but in a different district, the one in which Hashmi was first elected.