Woman Killed When Son's Car Hits Her Car
A woman and her friend were killed in Lake County Wednesday evening when the car they were riding in was rear-ended by a car driven by the woman’s own son. Diane Samples, 45, and her passenger, 72-year-old Vivien Green, were killed instantly.
Investigators said that the victim’s son, Dwight Samples, was driving alone in his car just after 6 p.m. on State Road 19, when he started drag racing with another car. Dwight Samples and the other driver reportedly reached speeds of up to 100 mph. They came up behind a car driven by the boy’s mother and the force of the impact tore Diane Samples’ car apart.
Dwight Samples hit his head on the windshield and was flown to the hospital. The Florida Highway Patrol thinks that Samples didn’t know that he had killed his mother, partly because she was driving a different car than she usually uses. "She was taking a friend to see the Christmas decorations in the area and it was a borrowed vehicle," Lt. Walter Wolf of the FHP said.
Samples is in stable condition at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He faces possible charges of vehicular homicide in the deaths of both women.
The Florida Highway Patrol said that the person in the other car who was drag racing with Samples took off when the accident happened.
Police hope that information from eyewitnesses will help them to track down the driver of the second car.
A woman and her friend were killed in Lake County Wednesday evening when the car they were riding in was rear-ended by a car driven by the woman’s own son. Diane Samples, 45, and her passenger, 72-year-old Vivien Green, were killed instantly.
Investigators said that the victim’s son, Dwight Samples, was driving alone in his car just after 6 p.m. on State Road 19, when he started drag racing with another car. Dwight Samples and the other driver reportedly reached speeds of up to 100 mph. They came up behind a car driven by the boy’s mother and the force of the impact tore Diane Samples’ car apart.
Dwight Samples hit his head on the windshield and was flown to the hospital. The Florida Highway Patrol thinks that Samples didn’t know that he had killed his mother, partly because she was driving a different car than she usually uses. "She was taking a friend to see the Christmas decorations in the area and it was a borrowed vehicle," Lt. Walter Wolf of the FHP said.
Samples is in stable condition at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He faces possible charges of vehicular homicide in the deaths of both women.
The Florida Highway Patrol said that the person in the other car who was drag racing with Samples took off when the accident happened.
Police hope that information from eyewitnesses will help them to track down the driver of the second car.