{"id":289922,"date":"2026-05-30T09:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289922\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T09:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:24:25","slug":"fhp-report-identifies-mother-of-3-killed-in-utv-crash-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289922\/","title":{"rendered":"FHP report identifies mother of 3 killed in UTV crash in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA resident of Vero Beach accused of being impaired while driving a Utility Terrain Vehicle that crashed and killed one person and injured two others, appeared in an Okeechobee County court.According to court documents, Blanca Y. Ruiz Dominguez, 25, had her first appearance hearing in court on Tuesday, May 26.Ruiz Dominguez is facing charges of DUI manslaughter and three counts of DUI with damage to property or person.A Florida Highway Patrol report identified the victim who died as 34-year-old Seydi Dariela Galeano Salinas, a resident of Port St. Lucie.Two other women, a 33-year-old from Homestead and a 24-year-old from Vero Beach, were also injured in the crash.The family of Salinas held a wake for Salinas at Emanuel Funeral Home in Lake Worth Beach on Sunday, May 24.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.Salinas\u2019 family created a GoFundMe to raise money to return Salinas’ body to her native Honduras and to help support her two sons and a daughter.CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO DONATE”Dariela was a hardworking single mother who dedicated her life to raising her 3 children on her own \u2014 two boys, ages 16 and 13, and her little girl, age 10. Everything she did was for her children,” according to a statement on the GoFundMe account. “She worked tirelessly every day to give them a better life, always putting their needs before her own.”As of Wednesday afternoon, the GoFundMe has raised just over $9,000.The FHP report says a 25-year-old man who was a witness told an FHP trooper that he was told by Ruiz Dominguez to record a video, which he did. The witness said he saw the UTV accelerate rapidly. Ruiz Dominguez allegedly made a hard left turn, which led to the UTV overturning.Salinas, who was seated in the front right of the UTV, was ejected from the vehicle and struck the sand surface.Salinas was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce by helicopter, where she later died from her injuries.The two other victims were seated in the rear two seats of the side-by-side and sustained injuries.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsRuiz Dominguez, who sustained an arm injury, was initially taken to HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee but was then airlifted to Lawnwood Hospital.While at Lawnwood Hospital, a nurse told a Fort Pierce Police Department sergeant that Ruiz Dominguez\u2019s blood alcohol concentration was 0.128%, which is above Florida’s blood alcohol concentration limit of 0.08%.The FHP trooper who responded to the crash at 21021 NW 240th Street on May 16 traveled to Lawnwood Hospital and interviewed Ruiz Dominguez.According to the FHP report, Ruiz Dominguez told the trooper she traveled from the witness\u2019s home in Fort Pierce to the private property in Okeechobee County.She admitted to consuming one shot of Blue Label whiskey and three beers one hour before the crash.Ruiz Dominguez added she was driving the UTV with the three other women as passengers. According to the FHP report, Ruiz Dominguez said she accelerated and attempted to execute a left turn “like a doughnut,” but lost control, overturning the UTV and acknowledging Salinas was ejected from the UTV.After being cleared from Lawnwood Hospital, Ruiz Dominguez was taken to the St. Lucie County Jail on May 17 and was released to the custody of officials in Okeechobee County days later.The FHP trooper made contact with an agent with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who placed a detainer on Ruiz Dominguez.A judge ordered Ruiz Dominguez to remain in the Okeechobee County Jail on no bond for the DUI manslaughter charge, with an additional $30,000 bail for the three DUI with damage to property or person charges.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tOKEECHOBEE, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

A resident of Vero Beach accused of being impaired while driving a Utility Terrain Vehicle that crashed and killed one person and injured two others, appeared in an Okeechobee County court.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, Blanca Y. Ruiz Dominguez, 25, had her first appearance hearing in court on Tuesday, May 26.<\/p>\n

Ruiz Dominguez is facing charges of DUI manslaughter and three counts of DUI with damage to property or person.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tSt. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlanca Y. Ruiz Dominguez<\/p>\n

A Florida Highway Patrol report identified the victim who died as 34-year-old Seydi Dariela Galeano Salinas, a resident of Port St. Lucie.<\/p>\n

Two other women, a 33-year-old from Homestead and a 24-year-old from Vero Beach, were also injured in the crash.<\/p>\n

The family of Salinas held a wake for Salinas at Emanuel Funeral Home in Lake Worth Beach on Sunday, May 24.<\/p>\n

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Salinas\u2019 family created a GoFundMe to raise money to return Salinas’ body to her native Honduras and to help support her two sons and a daughter.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tCourtesy GoFundMe\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDariela Galeano (second right) leaves behind two sons and a daughter.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE<\/a> FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO DONATE<\/p>\n

\t\t\"seydi<\/p>\n

\n\t\tCourtesy GoFundMe\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeydi Dariela Galeano Salinas (right).<\/p>\n

\t\t\"seydi<\/p>\n

\n\t\tCourtesy GoFundMe\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeydi Dariela Galeano Salinas (right).<\/p>\n

“Dariela was a hardworking single mother who dedicated her life to raising her 3 children on her own \u2014 two boys, ages 16 and 13, and her little girl, age 10. Everything she did was for her children,” according to a statement on the GoFundMe account. “She worked tirelessly every day to give them a better life, always putting their needs before her own.”<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday afternoon, the GoFundMe has raised just over $9,000.<\/p>\n

The FHP report says a 25-year-old man who was a witness told an FHP trooper that he was told by Ruiz Dominguez to record a video, which he did. <\/p>\n

The witness said he saw the UTV accelerate rapidly. Ruiz Dominguez allegedly made a hard left turn, which led to the UTV overturning.<\/p>\n

Salinas, who was seated in the front right of the UTV, was ejected from the vehicle and struck the sand surface.<\/p>\n

Salinas was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce by helicopter, where she later died from her injuries.<\/p>\n

The two other victims were seated in the rear two seats of the side-by-side and sustained injuries.<\/p>\n

Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n

Ruiz Dominguez, who sustained an arm injury, was initially taken to HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee but was then airlifted to Lawnwood Hospital.<\/p>\n

While at Lawnwood Hospital, a nurse told a Fort Pierce Police Department sergeant that Ruiz Dominguez\u2019s blood alcohol concentration was 0.128%, which is above Florida’s blood alcohol concentration limit of 0.08%.<\/p>\n

The FHP trooper who responded to the crash at 21021 NW 240th Street on May 16 traveled to Lawnwood Hospital and interviewed Ruiz Dominguez.<\/p>\n

According to the FHP report, Ruiz Dominguez told the trooper she traveled from the witness\u2019s home in Fort Pierce to the private property in Okeechobee County.<\/p>\n

She admitted to consuming one shot of Blue Label whiskey and three beers one hour before the crash.<\/p>\n

Ruiz Dominguez added she was driving the UTV with the three other women as passengers. <\/p>\n

According to the FHP report, Ruiz Dominguez said she accelerated and attempted to execute a left turn “like a doughnut,” but lost control, overturning the UTV and acknowledging Salinas was ejected from the UTV.<\/p>\n

After being cleared from Lawnwood Hospital, Ruiz Dominguez was taken to the St. Lucie County Jail on May 17 and was released to the custody of officials in Okeechobee County days later.<\/p>\n

The FHP trooper made contact with an agent with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who placed a detainer on Ruiz Dominguez.<\/p>\n

A judge ordered Ruiz Dominguez to remain in the Okeechobee County Jail on no bond for the DUI manslaughter charge, with an additional $30,000 bail for the three DUI with damage to property or person charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A resident of Vero Beach accused of being impaired while driving a Utility Terrain Vehicle that crashed and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[118173,1178,5695,118171,16874,1136,34971,7938,5110,92345,171,173,172,481,93063,38065,38101,122602,224],"class_list":["post-289922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-blanca-y-ruiz-dominguez","tag-damage","tag-dui","tag-fhp-report","tag-fhp-trooper","tag-gofundme","tag-lawnwood-hospital","tag-may","tag-okeechobee-county","tag-other-woman","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-property","tag-salinas","tag-utv","tag-utv-crash","tag-vero-beach-woman-charged-in-dui-crash-that-killed-mother-of-three","tag-witness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289922","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=289922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}