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The investigation into a wrong-way crash that claimed the lives of three young people near DeLand in December and injured a fourth has resulted in two arrests.
Thomas Petry was arrested Thursday night and Devin Perkins was arrested Friday morning.
Petry was identified as the wrong-way driver, according to Florida Highway Patrol. He is charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a deadly crash, among other charges.
Perkins, the alleged driver of the car carrying his three friends who were killed, was also charged. He’s charged with vehicular homicide and reckless driving. Troopers say Perkins was driving 100 mph while under the influence of alcohol and THC, according to the report, before colliding with Petry.
A report says, Perkins was “traveling at a speed 30 to 40 miles per hour above the posted speed limit and driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages and THC.”
The crash happened early in the morning on State Road 44 near the DeLand fairgrounds and I-4. Four friends in their 20s – Devin Perkins, Kyle Moser, Ava Fellerman, and TikTok star Ali Dulin – were coming home from Orlando when the driver of a pickup, traveling west in the eastbound lane, slammed head-on into them.
Moser, Dulin and Fellerman were killed in the crash. Perkins was injured but survived. The wrong-way driver, Petry, allegedly fled.
A report says three people called 911 to report Petry driving the wrong way that morning, with the first calls coming in 8 miles away from the crash site.
After the crash, a witness on the scene “recalled a male subject exiting the Tacoma through a window. This male subject fell to the ground and began mumbling as he walked east away from the scene.”
Investigators say Petry took off, and a woman picked him up around 4 miles away from the crash.
Both drivers were being held without bond until a judge granted Perkins bond on April 13.
At the bond hearing, parents of some of the other young people killed voiced support for Perkins and a judge agreed to set a total of $80,000 bond on four counts.
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