{"id":351085,"date":"2026-07-24T13:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351085\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:49:09","slug":"sentencing-hearing-to-be-held-for-woman-who-killed-man-in-wrong-way-wreck-on-floridas-turnpike-in-broward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351085\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentencing hearing to be held for woman who killed man in wrong-way wreck on Florida\u2019s Turnpike in Broward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published:\u00a0July 24, 2026 at 9:25 AM<\/p>\n

Updated:\u00a0July 24, 2026 at 9:47 AM<\/p>\n

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BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Sunshine Perez, who pleaded guilty in a wrong-way wreck on Florida\u2019s Turnpike that left a 23-year-old man dead, is expected to be sentenced Friday.<\/p>\n

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Perez, 46, pleaded guilty in March. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was at the courthouse pleading guilty to every charge, and in doing so I did see she was pretty shaken and understandably so,\u201d the victim\u2019s father, Frank Urrutia, told Local 10 News. \u201cWe\u2019re still devastated by the loss of our son. It\u2019s something we\u2019ve had to endure and figure out how to live our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to authorities, Perez was driving drunk and going the wrong way on the Turnpike near Red Road in Broward County on Jan. 9, 2025, before crashing into Ezequiel Urrutia\u2019s vehicle, killing the young man known to his friends and loved ones as Zeke.<\/p>\n

Loved ones said Ezequiel had dreams of becoming a firefighter and was close to finishing his classes.<\/p>\n

According to court records, 15 victim impact statements are expected to be read in court Friday before Perez is sentenced. <\/p>\n

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Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0July 24, 2026 at 9:25 AM Updated:\u00a0July 24, 2026 at 9:47 AM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Sunshine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-351085","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\/351085","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=351085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}