{"id":332650,"date":"2026-07-08T03:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332650\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T03:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:25:14","slug":"russian-national-facing-dui-charges-in-fatal-dania-beach-crash-makes-first-court-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332650\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian national facing DUI charges in fatal Dania Beach crash makes first court appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">DANIA BEACH, Fla.  \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/06\/deputies-arrest-man-in-connection-to-fatal-dania-beach-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/06\/deputies-arrest-man-in-connection-to-fatal-dania-beach-crash\/\">man arrested for allegedly causing a deadly crash<\/a> was in a Broward County courtroom on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Standing in front of a judge with bandages on his nose and his arm wrapped in a cast was 38-year-old Vladimir Mushenko. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The injuries were sustained in a fatal crash that occurred on July 4th along Dania Beach Boulevard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mushenko now faces 22 charges related to vehicular homicide, DUI and reckless driving. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Traffic homicide detectives with the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office say Mushenko was behind the wheel of a white BMW and speeding down Dania Beach Boulevard when he hit a curb, overcorrected, then lost control of the vehicle and slid sideways into the westbound lanes before crashing into Mercedes carrying four people, including two children. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They were all rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">There were three passengers in the car with Mushenko, including Oleksii Masksymov, who was pronounced deceased at the scene, and Said Akhmedov, who died at the hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A third passenger survived and told deputies Mushenko was the driver. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In an arrest report, a deputy noted Mushenko showed signs of impairment, saying his breath smelled like alcohol, his eyes were glassy and he appeared disoriented. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hospital staff at Broward Health Medical Center tested his blood alcohol level, with the results revealing it was more than twice the legal limit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Prosecutors mentioned in court that Mushenko was convicted last year for careless driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 38-year-old is currently being held behind bars at the Broward Main Jail on an immigration hold. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Prosecutors said the Russian national entered the country illegally in 2023 from the California border. <\/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":"DANIA BEACH, Fla. \u2014 The man arrested for allegedly causing a deadly crash was in a Broward County&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-332650","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\/332650","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=332650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}