{"id":210993,"date":"2026-03-29T22:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210993\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:04:11","slug":"loved-ones-seeking-justice-following-fatal-fort-lauderdale-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210993\/","title":{"rendered":"Loved ones seeking justice following fatal Fort Lauderdale crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 An intense crash <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/traffic\/2026\/03\/25\/3-hospitalized-after-crash-involving-fire-truck-closes-part-of-broward-boulevard-in-fort-lauderdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/traffic\/2026\/03\/25\/3-hospitalized-after-crash-involving-fire-truck-closes-part-of-broward-boulevard-in-fort-lauderdale\/\">was caught on surveillance cameras along Broward Boulevard and Northwest Seventh Avenue<\/a> in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A black Audi smashed into a white BMW, sending it spinning and crashing into a Fort Lauderdale firetruck. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The driver of the BMW, identified as 33-year-old Kristopher David, died in the crash. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fort Lauderdale police say it is a possible criminal incident, but so far, no charges have been filed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Loretta David, Kristopher\u2019s mother, wants crash investigators to hold someone accountable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey took away my only son,\u201d she said. \u201cI want the people to know that they took a loving, caring and kind person from this world. My life will never be the same again. He told me he would never leave me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">David leaves behind two daughters and a fianc\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She told us she planned to marry her best friend in the fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe absolute love of my life,\u201d said Unique Willingham. \u201cNow my life feels stuck, like I\u2019m having a nightmare and I can\u2019t wake up from it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The David family told said they\u2019ve only talked to the medical team about their son, but no one from Fort Lauderdale police has reached out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They want to know what investigators believe caused the crash and whether they plan to file charges.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 An intense crash was caught on surveillance cameras along Broward Boulevard and Northwest Seventh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-210993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}