A Miami man is facing serious charges in connection with an alleged drunken wrong-way crash in Palmetto Bay that left his wife dead, authorities said.

Mohammad Reza Bayatzadeh, 67, was arrested Friday on DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in a reckless manner charges in the March 11, 2024 crash that killed his wife, 62-year-old Sorour Khalvatyzadeh, an arrest report said. Miami-Dade Corrections

According to the report, the crash happened shortly after midnight on U.S. 1 at the intersection of Southwest 183rd Street.

Bayatzadeh was driving a Nissan Maxima with Khalvatyzadeh as his passenger northbound on U.S. 1 when he traveled into the raised grassy median then into the southbound lanes, the report said.

The Maxima crashed head-on into a Ford Explorer, and Bayatzadeh and his wife

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