Officers from the Holly Hill Police
Department in Florida arrive at the
scene of a devastating car crash where a
vehicle ran directly into the side of a
building at an extremely high rate of
speed.
7 Alpha 21 the vehicle is on um smoking.
This is on fire. Where are they at?
Where are they at?
 They're inside still.
What side are they on?
 All right. Hey.
Okay. Hey, let's step back. Let's step
back. All of us step back. Let the fire
department get here. Let's step back.
He's barely breathing.
Come on. Come on, buddy.
 Here. Let me
see.
 Keep breathing, buddy.
 Let me see.
Let me see. The fire department is here.
The fire department. Any step back. Step
back.
Yeah, there's one person. I have a
person. I have one.
 But I need the fire
department here.
[Applause]
Officers begin speaking with a witness
who happens to personally know the
driver who crashed.
How do you know?
 Guess my brain's been
crashed for a little while now. Huh?
What happened? I think he just lost
control.
His name K A Y.
 No. C A I E.
 What's your
name?
 Sierra. C. Before Sierra is able
to relay everything she saw that led up
to the crash, the owner of the building
the driver crashed into shows up and
starts to create problems.
 Hey, I'm
Officer Sodto. Can I speak to you real
quick over here?
 What for?
 About the
incident. I got to get some information
from you.
 He's the owner here. I'm the
owner of the building.
 I I understand
you're the owner.
 Okay.
 That way, I can
get some information from you.
 Yes.
 And
all that good stuff. Right now, we're
treated as a crime scene, so we're not
supposed to be
 I say it's a crime scene.
Yeah, it is.
 All right. Um, do you have
a driver license with you and all that?
Certainly, I do.
Can I see it?
 No. I'll tell you my name
and everything and address right on the
front of the building.
 R Matthews Viles
Jr. It's on the front of the building.
What's your first name again?
 Probably R
O B L E Y. Right on the front of the
building.
Um, how much is it worth in damages?
 How
much are the damages?
Yeah.
 At least $100,000.
Fair enough.
 All right. For right now,
I'm going to need you to step back
there. Go for right now. I want to go.
We No, we're not going to do that. We
can't do that.
 I told you that it's a
crime scene and we're not doing that.
We're not going to go in there. So, I
need you to step back there and stay
over.
 I'm going in the building, ma'am,
right now.
 All right.
 I'm going in the
building. I'm not going to do anything.
I'm going in the building.
 I'm going in
the building.
 Hey, can I get you over
here, please?
 I got to go inside.
 All
right. Give me a second, sir.
Sir, I need you to stay over here.
Come on, man.
 The owner of uh the
business I need to run.
 Come on, man.
 I
get the the You're the owner, but I'm
doing an investigation right now and
you're impeding with it.
 No, I'm not.
So, yes, you are.
 I'm not impinged
anything.
 Oh, yeah, dude. Definitely.
What am I doing?
 I'm telling you that we
can't go over there and you're obviously
not listening.
 How are you?
 Hey, good
morning. I'm going in the building,
ma'am. I need to go in my building.
 Yes.
How are you, sir? It's Dr. Marquez.
 How
are you?
 Good.
 Just give us a few
minutes. Right now, we have to do some
photos and it is unsafe at this point.
No, the building ain't unsafe. It ain't
falling,
 sir. Just give us give us a few
minutes. That's it. That's all I'm
asking. Okay.
 Tell me what happened.
That's what we're investigating right
now. So, if you give me a few minutes.
Are you parked over here?
 Is that your
white car that went through? Cones are
there for a reason, sir. To prevent
anybody from coming here.
 They called me
and told me to come down here.
 If there
was cones there, you could have stopped
and asked us what we cuz now you went to
the crime scene right now. You kind of
know that. So, just do me. I'll wait in
your car. I'll be right back. Give us a
few minutes. Appreciate it.
While the building owner soon returns to
create even more issues, officers
returned to Sierra and other witnesses
to figure out what exactly happened.
Okay, just so my understanding, you were
following him. The other vehicle was
involved. He
 No, no, no. I think he lost
control, he skirted this way. And I
think when he lost control and
Where were y'all coming from?
 You're
coming from John. He hadn't had anything
on medications, anything like that. Not
bad.
Was he swarming? Was he going fast? What
was going on with him?
 Going fast.
So he's he hit that vehicle where Aan's
at. He hit him in the rear. Um and then
he's like then he the guy ended up
swerving and just hit the wall. Um did
anybody see it?
 They started way back up
the road up here all over the place.
speed probably coming down through your
property.
 He went through two cars. He
went through that Nissan and he went
through another truck.
 Officers now lose
sight of the uncooperative building
owner.
 Is he in the building? Is that
him?
 Where him? Is it building on stand?
No, he went inside.
 Huh?
 He went inside.
I think he's not listening to me. I need
him to get out.
 Okay, give me one
second.
 He's over there.
Look out now. Hang on now. Stand by.
Just relax, guys. You guys know me,
okay?
 Okay, but you're obviously not
listening.
 It's okay. It'll be okay.
That's what we're trying to just relax.
This whole place is a crime scene.
 Just
relax. Why is this place a crime scene?
Because
active investigation.
 High speed chase
going on.
 You need to go in handcuffs.
Okay.
 Was that high-speed chase going
on?
Wait in your car. The fire department
asked me to come down here. Okay.
 Yeah,
cuz I need your information.
 In your car
or you need to leave.
 He usually carries
the signals here with him. So do I.
I'm about to put him in. Literally,
we're giving him enough chances.
 After
speaking to witnesses, officers start
putting together the key details of what
happened and figure out Sierra may have
more involvement in the incident than
they previously thought.
 Who's the
driver of the other car? Sierra,
 the
girl?
 Yeah.
 Yeah.
 Cuz according to the
witness, they were both swerving in and
out of like all over the place. Looked
like they were street racing or they
were like drunk or something or so. I
don't know. Yeah, cuz he said that they
were both either racing or swerving or
doing something.
 Yeah, he said he said
that they were driving recklessly, both
of these. Yeah, cuz she's the one that
told you that they were heading back and
she thinks how he lost control.
 Yeah.
And that's it.
 Yeah. But she didn't
mention all the other stuff that the
other guy says both vehicles were
swarming. One kept going in front of the
other. 60 plus miles an hour. Just
started just north of the PD. Almost hit
his car and then uh he sees a bunch of
like dust and smells and stuff and
that's
 Yeah, that's what he told me too.
Yeah. I'm Detective Barrett and I'm with
the Holly Hill Police Department's
traffic homicide investigation criminal
investigation unit. So when I I
understand that you were friends with
this this guy. Okay. You guys were
following each other.
If you could real quick, I'm just going
to get a quick statement from you. Okay.
So what's your full name?
Which vehicle is yours? That white one
that's up there.
 Yeah.
 Okay. All right.
So why don't you go ahead and uh can you
raise your right hand for me? You swear
to affirm the information statement is
going to be truth, the whole truth.
Nothing but the truth. Okay. Tell me
what happened to that.
 Pretty much we
were we were beside each other and I
remember this car being right there and
I remember him coming in between us. He
was coming up kind of fast. So I stole
my car after he went right in between
us. I'm pretty sure it happened so fast
it was kind of blanking my mind a little
bit. But I'm pretty sure he lost control
and he kind of sideswiped the car and it
just chilled a little bit right here. He
swam out like that and the car like
jumped and smacked into the wall.
 But
had he been drinking or anything like
that?
 Not that I know of.
 Okay. Um, so
you guys were coming northbound on
Ridgewood here, right?
 Yeah.
 Okay. And
which lane was he in?
 He was I was in
this one. He was in
 So he was in the
outside or the right lane?
 Yeah.
 And you
were on the inside. Was he a little
ahead of you?
 Yes.
 Was he driving any
kind of erratic or anything like that?
Was he going pretty fast or he was going
fast?
 He was going fast.
 Yeah.
 Okay.
Were you both going fast or Okay.
 How
long do you think you guys were going
kind of over a little over the speed
limit?
 Um
for for a little while.
 Do you know
where our police department is back
there? That large coina building at
LPGA. Would you say about then, before
then, or after then?
 Before then.
 Before
then. Okay. And you were still in the
left lane. And he was in the right lane
the whole time.
 Not the whole time.
Okay. Which lanes or how many times did
you guys change lanes say since LPGA?
Twice.
 Okay. All right. And then where
were you all heading to?
 We were headed
to his house.
 Are you guys boyfriend,
girlfriend, or just friends?
 Friends.
Okay. Is there anything else that you
think could be uh pertinent to this
investigation or anything you want to
add to your statement?
 Okay. How fast do
you think y'all were going when when
this happened? This part here? Um, well,
for my house, I need more like 60.
 60.
Okay. Again, nothing else you want to
add to your statement?
 Okay. And you uh
swear this is the whole truth. Nothing
but the truth.
 Okay. Perfect.
 Meanwhile,
the owner of the building is still being
belligerent.
 Is this tree line?
 This is
all in here.
 Okay. I'm here. I'm right
here, bud. I'm going stay right here.
Get out of the grass, please.
 It's okay.
It's not okay. You're being a dick for
no reason.
 What's wrong with the grass?
I don't know where there may be skin
marks or what. I don't know. the
investigator here. Please just go
outside of the tape line, please.
 You're
very close to ending up in handcuffs and
back of the patrol car.
 You want to go
across the street over here.
 That's
fine. Perfect. Thank you.
I'm in front of handcuffs.
 Watch the
car, please. I don't want to get hit.
Just do me a favor. You stay in this
area.
 After keeping an eye on the
belligerent building owner, the
investigation continues for the next two
months and an officer travels to the
female driver's home to speak with her
further. How you doing?
 I'm all right.
How are you?
 Not too bad. I'm Detective
Barrett. I'm with the Holly Hill Police
Department. Is Sierra available?
 Uh, no.
She ain't here.
 She's not here. Is her
car?
 Yeah.
 Is she going to be back
anytime soon or?
 Probably. Yeah. You
want me to have her call?
 Yeah. Yeah.
Let me leave you my card here.
 What's
this in regards to
 that crash that she
was involved with uh her friend Kaden?
Oh, a couple months back that passed
away. So yeah, if you can have her just
call me when she's available, that'd be
great.
 All right.
 All right. Thank you,
sir.
 As Sierra's father just revealed,
the driver involved in the crash, Kaden
Patton, passed away due to multiple
blunt force injuries. He was declared
dead at the scene. Police obtained
search warrants for the onboard
computers for each vehicle, known as
EDRs, event data recorders. Those
blackbox recorders indicated that Kaden
and the other female driver, Sierra,
were calculated to be racing at speeds
up to 79.53 mph in a 40 mph zone. Prior
to the crash, it's estimated that
Caden's vehicle was moving approximately
54 mph the moment he collided with the
building. His post-mortem toxicology
results revealed a blood alcohol
concentration of 213, which is over 2
and 1/2 times the legal limit. It also
revealed the presence of THC in Cadence
system. Due to Sierra's involvement in
the incident, she was charged with
vehicular homicide and racing on
highways. Both charges were filed with
the state attorney's office for
prosecutorial review. She is innocent
unless proven guilty in a court of law.
This is how quickly the course of your
life can change in an instant. Cuz they
both likely thought that it was just
going to be a fun race down the avenue.
Because people do this a lot, right? But
on this day, this race turned into a
nightmare scenario. We have two young
drivers who treated the streets of
Florida like it was their own personal
racetrack. And many times these street
racers do this for the thrill, but
they're actually gambling with their
lives. And they don't understand that
this isn't a movie. It's real life with
real consequences. And just being
involved with street racing is a crime.
And the charge is a first-degree
misdemeanor. And it could cost you
between $500 and $2,000 in fines. And it
can also result in your driver's license
being revoked for a year. And if a
person is charged with street racing or
any related activities for a second time
within a year of the first violation,
it's considered a thirdderee felony. And
it can cost you between $2,500 and
$4,000 in fines. Cuz these are not
controlled environments. No safety crews
or barriers to prevent you from crashing
into somebody. And unfortunately, by the
time this young man realized that this
was happening, it was already too late.
And to anyone watching that think street
racing is an adrenaline rush, please
remember this video because in the end,
it always ends with sirens screams and
lives that are shattered forever. And
remember this, they both made the same
choice, but only one gets to live with
it.