Alcohol, Car Speed Factors in Couple's Caribbean Death: Cops
Police in the Dominican Republic say alcohol, high speed and dark roads may have been factors in the deaths of a couple from Mount Vernon who apparently crashed their rental car
on their way to the airport after a romantic getaway in the Caribbean.
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Police on Friday said they believe the Moore and Ravenelle were on their way to the airport when Moore, who was driving, lost control of their rental car and crashed into the Caribbean Sea.
Dominican Republic National Police Col. Frank Felix Duran Mejia told News 4 Moore — who had been seen drinking before the two left for the airport — was last seen on surveillance video at tolls minutes from the airport.
The two were running late and may have been speeding on a dark road when they lost control of the car, he said.
Police believe the two had made a wrong turn and had reversed course when the crash happened.
Investigators believe Ravenelle was able to get out just as the car careened into the sea. Dominican police do not believe foul play was involved.
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