Gabriel Delrisco Shouldn’t Have Been Driving
January 26, 2009 by Ruby
Update 1/30/2009 – Surprise!! Police today charged Gabriel Delrisco with three counts of DUI Manslaughter after toxicology reports show his blood-alcohol level at the time of the crash was .239, almost 3 times higher than the legal limit of .08. A bail hearing has been set for SaturdaySaturday reviews
, but prosecutors say Delrisco is a danger to the community and will request he be denied bail.
Miami, FL – Early Sunday morning, Hector Serrano, 42, roused his three children and loaded them into the family’s minivan to drive his wife, Mirian, to the Metrorail station so she could get to her early shift at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Hector didn’t like waking the kids at 4:30 AM, but he didn’t want to leave them alone, either. While stopped at a red light on their way home, their vehicle was rear-ended at full speed by a Chevy Trailblazer driven by Gabriel Delrisco, 40. All three children were killed instantly. And Mr. Delrisco has an insufferably long history of traffic offenses.
According to the Miami Herald, Delrisco has been stopped and ticketed no less than 20 times since 2001. Twenty times. He was convicted of driving under the influence in 2001, and his license was suspended for six months. Since then, he has been ticketed for reckless driving, speeding, failure to stop at a traffic light and crossing a median. Many of his tickets were dismissed. He was last ticketed in January 2008 for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. That ticket, like so many before it, was dismissed.
Hector Serrano, 10, and his sisters, 7-year-old Esmeralda and 4-year-old Amber died at the scene, as their father — despite a broken arm — tried desperately to pry open the rear door of the minivan. Esmeralda would have been 8 years old today. Their mother, Mirian, collapsed with grief at the accident scene. Hector Serrano says, ”She’sShe reviews destroyed. My wife and I, now we’re left alone.” I can’t begin to imagine their pain.
Gabriel Delrisco was airlifted to a hospital, where he underwent surgery on SundaySunday reviews, and blood was (thankfully) drawn for alcohol and drug screening. I’m fairly confident of what they’ll find, as there were no skid marks at the scene. This asshat didn’t even step on his brakes. Despite twenty prior traffic violations, he was driving again. Why was he still in possession of a license? It boggles the mind. And now he’s driven himself into what I hope will be a vehicular homicide charge.
Rest in peace, small ones. I hope you never felt a thing.
1:45 pm on January 26th, 2009
how horrible to even imagine. Dude probably fell asleep, or passed out behind the wheel.
1:57 pm on January 26th, 2009
“Gabriel Delrisco Shouldn’t Have Been Driving”
He shouldn’t be living either.
2:01 pm on January 26th, 2009
Ruby, thanks for FB this story, it is hardly comprehensible, to think of the magnitude of grief this family is going through.
I’m think this bastard was probably drunk when he hit the Serrano’s mini-van…I’ll be looking for an update on that. Also, will post a link to the memorial fund. I do know there is one, I emailed and did get response to the Herald writer on the article. I will post as I get that information.
The driver of the SUV has not yet been charged, authorities are saying 30- 60 days to get results, “The blood sample could take 30 to 60 days to analyze and the investigation will continue until FHP receives the results, he said.”
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/872706.html
Video:
http://cbs4.com/video/?id=69942@wfor.dayport.com
My heart goes out to the Serrano family…my deepest sympathies. May you find the love and support you will need during this terrible time to continue living without your children.
Rest in peace, Hector Jr., Esmeralda, and little Amber.
(btw, Esmeralda’s 8th birthday would have been today).
2:03 pm on January 26th, 2009
OMFG, I want to hurl at the site of that mini van. Prayers for the Serrano family, may they find a way to heal.
2:13 pm on January 26th, 2009
Good grief………
The poor parents must be absolutely devastated.
2:26 pm on January 26th, 2009
Thanks Silvahalo. Just looking at the pics of the crash on your thread that Tazzz posted is devastating. Such a heartbreaking story and tragic thing for these parents to be going through. I doubt is this asshat gets off now. So sad. The parents are in my prayers and I am awaiting any more info. you can find on the memorial fund.
2:48 pm on January 26th, 2009
damn it, why couldn’t the helicopter’s door malfunction and open mid flight?!?!?!
To the family I am so sorry.
2:50 pm on January 26th, 2009
Despite twenty prior traffic violations, he was driving again. Why was he still in possession of a license? It boggles the mind. And now he’s driven himself into what I hope will be a vehicular homicide charge.
Most likely, he wasn’t in possession of a license. These idiots do this over and over even though they have been suspended or revoked. Even if he didn’t have a hard license, I am sure he wouldn’t be valid if they checked.–Therefore, sadly, no insurance company that covered the vehicle he was driving (if any) would pay for a non-licensed driver that the owner allowed to drive. It will be a long time in civil court against the insurer or owner to take financial responsibility for anything.
God help these people!
2:54 pm on January 26th, 2009
The scariest part about this is that one article I found is reporting that he is a Homestead dump truck driver! WTF?
How could he get that job? Perhaps thats why all his tickets were dimissed, he had to fight them or lose his job….?
What a dick.
3:02 pm on January 26th, 2009
I really have a problem with incorrigible repeat offenders left on the streets to kill innocent victims. Everyone including the dismissing judge knows it. OH! That’s right he doesn’t live on the judges block, nowhere near where the judge lives. Like I said many times before, if incorrigibles are released early if charges are dismissed for no apparent reason other than incarceration has been ineffective, those aholes should live on the same block as the aholes that released them for at least a year. Let child molester live next to the parole boards school for a year, let anyone with more than 3 DUI’s; live next to the dismissing Fucked up judge.
Years ago I knew a top lawyer. he told me fines and sentences get tougher and tougher, until after the 3rd conviction, than the court feels your incorrigible and gives up, from then on the fines and sentences are basically dropped or shortened, dismissed and the criminal is free to roam the streets, to kill and pillage. Ever notice the more burglaries a convict has the less time he spends in jail.
3:08 pm on January 26th, 2009
Yes, Lisarenae, I did see that he has a commercial license, and drives a dumptruck for a living. Makes you wonder who made all those prior violations go away, doesn’t it??
Also, Silvahalo, I found this:
“A memorial bank fund has been set up to collect money to help pay for the children’s funerals. People who want to help can go to any Community Bank of Florida and ask to donate to the Serrano Family Funeral Fund.” I called them. Even if you live out of state, you can mail donations to:
Community Bank of Florida
Main Office
28801 SW 157 Ave.
Homestead, FL 33033
Attn: Mail Teller
Mark the check as a donation to the Serrano Family Fund. They’ll mail you back a receipt.
3:20 pm on January 26th, 2009
I can’t imagine the pain that these parents will be going thru for the rest of their lives. To out live a child, and in their case 3 angels that would otherwise be alive and well, had it not been for this fucker, is beyond words. What I can’t seem to wrap my brain around is that this piece of turd was ticketed 20 times??
How’s that possible that his license wasn’t REVOKED???
My heart goes out to these parents. Rest in peace babies.
3:32 pm on January 26th, 2009
My heart and prayers are with what is left of this family. Truely, this could have been prevented and it wasn’t. Rest In Peace, little ones… you are in God’s arms now!
(I hope this is prosecuted to the fullest!)
3:33 pm on January 26th, 2009
So they even going to bother looking into who was bought and paid for in that district
Someone was collecting $$, to let him keep his license, this is way beyond incorrigible, this is someone getting paid to free criminals.
As sorry as i feel for the family and as much as I dislike Serrano, whoever he’s paying & buying off is the one I hate the most. Bet a lawyer is the intermediary, bet if they look at all the multi dismissed cases it involves 1 or 2 lawyers and the same judge
3:51 pm on January 26th, 2009
Just to be clear, biteme, Serrano is the man who has lost all of his children. He did nothing wrong. Please save your ire for Gabriel Delrisco. I know you just mistyped, but I don’t want it to seem like anyone here is sending hate out to this poor family.
And I agree with what you said.
4:02 pm on January 26th, 2009
This fucking bullshit really gets to me.
There should be ABSOLUTELY ZERO fucking tolerance for drunk driving. If you get caught once – you are FUCKED, that’s how it should be.
This douchebag reminds me of that other douchebag Michael Gagnon who basically wiped out an entire family as well. 43 years is NOT ENOUGH.
4:19 pm on January 26th, 2009
Sorry about that, my prayers are with the Serrano family
Ruby, thanks for pointing it out
4:37 pm on January 26th, 2009
Gabriel Delrisco license should have been taken away a long time ago. My thoughts and prayers are with the Serrano family.
4:41 pm on January 26th, 2009
Rest in Peace little ones ,
Hector Serrano, age 10
Esmeralda Serrano, age 8
Amber Serrano, age 4
I HATE DRUNK DRIVERS!!!!!!!
The Paramedics should have just let his sorry ass bleed to death in the car or used the “Jaws of Life” to remove his head from his neck.. Problum solved no more DUI’s for him.
4:44 pm on January 26th, 2009
Nah. They need to make him better so they can throw the book at him. I just hope it is a heavy one…..
5:52 pm on January 26th, 2009
Ruby, thanks for that info. I just got back in, and got this email from the editor…strange it’s a different address: ( I believe this if from the church clerk).
“Anyone wishing to donate to help the family bury their children may send a check, made out to The Serrano family, to the following address:”
Saint Martin de Porres Catholic Church
14881 SW 288th St.,
Homestead, FL.
For more information, please call 305-248-5355.
Obviously this one is from a church. I would advise going with the bank account, I’m thinking the church is taken local donations but the bank is where it will ultimately end up….thanks again Ruby.
7:54 pm on January 26th, 2009
This just makes me so physically sick-
That poor woman will never get to hold and love her babies again…
Serrano’s-though it is so little to you-I promise to hold and love my baby extra long and hard for you tonight and every night. Hopefully your babies will feel the love you gave them as they watch over you all…
God bless you.
8:46 pm on January 26th, 2009
I hope those children did not suffer. We see this far too many times. The dumbass with the driving record as long as your arm kills innocent people and the fuck wad lives. I think they need to bring caning to the U.S. for DUI/DWI or excessive traffic violations.
Prayers for the Serrano family.
12:27 am on January 27th, 2009
There are no words. Really no words.
My heart aches for the Serrano family.
And may Delrisco fucking rot.
2:58 am on January 27th, 2009
WOW stories like this realy get to me.3 iecause this inocent children die because of an asshole like this.doesnt it make you want to take the law in your own hands? this fuk had all these prior tickets and is still fuking drive>? WTF rest in peace little ones.
5:25 am on January 27th, 2009
when born,all dream”s come alive,first smile”s make”s hope thrive,threw their laughter soul”s embrace, heart beats at rapid pace,a borrowed soul from up above,wene taken back remains the love,until rejoined in year”s to come ,endless love my daughter and son .
5:29 am on January 27th, 2009
god, please help this man, and woman,,,father and mother be strong. hold up each other in this most horrible time in their live”s.
6:44 am on January 27th, 2009
This is local to me, it happened not far from where I live in Miami. This is my biggest fear, and has been for a while now, that I will lose my 8 year old son. You guys have no idea how many of these ASSHATS there are, driving around on the streets of Miami. I am terrified to even drive my son anywhere. When we do go somewhere, I avoid US1 like the plague, and try to take the back streets where at least people have to go somewhat slower. I am terrified….
6:46 am on January 27th, 2009
By the way, the Herald confirmed that this guy KEPT HIS LICENSE. Not that he was driving without one, but that he had a valid license.
6:50 am on January 27th, 2009
Surprise, surprise:
Miami lawyer Robert Reiff, a drunken-driving specialist, said the traffic court system is geared toward keeping fines flowing into government coffers while keeping drivers on the road. He is not involved in the case.
”It’s all about the money. Especially now in these economic times, it will be even more about money,” he said.
http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/873733.html
7:27 am on January 27th, 2009
Plain and simple I hope this bastard fries.
It would be bad enough killing an adult….
but 3 helpless little kids.
My heart aches for the parents.
8:27 am on January 27th, 2009
Just Fucking horrible! I am in tears at work just thinking of the pain that will haunt these parents forever. Children should never leave before their parents! No brakes? Can you imagine? God Bless these 3 angels and their families.
10:19 am on January 27th, 2009
Ditto!
Holy shit look at that car. Amazing. I can’t believe anyone survived that!
11:07 am on January 27th, 2009
Too bad I wasn’t the nurse on duty when Gabriel Delrisco was being airlifted…..I’m sure there would have been some “mishap” mid flight and Gabriel would have been DOA at the hospital!!
Rest in peace babies, you’re in a better place. To the parents, I pray that whoever their higher power is will wrap his/her arms around them and bring them comfort and heal their broken hearts.
12:57 pm on January 27th, 2009
I smell a civil suit. This man should not have had a license.
12:59 pm on January 27th, 2009
Yup. He should not have had a license, that’s pretty clear from his record. Sadly, though, a civil suit won’t make this family whole again. There’s no good outcome to be had, here.
1:31 pm on January 27th, 2009
You know, Mean Nurse. I know you are just venting; but it makes me uneasy hearing a nurse making that kind of threat……
1:32 pm on January 27th, 2009
Oh, sure… Not even CLOSE to whole. But, it may help in reforming the justice system that repeatedly dismissed this man’s recklessness for the sake of revenue.
You know, I just came across a pie chart of national arrests by type of crime. DUI and narcotics arrests accounted for the two largest chunks, yet decreases in DUI fatalities and drug use are negligible. It’s because states use these as cash cows. Their interest is in making a profit. It’s a tragedy.
1:55 pm on January 27th, 2009
Makes sense, they want them back out there so they can fine them again.
I hate to hear of a city or county losing a bunch of money because that effects the people living there, but Serrano needs to win a 100 million dollar lawsuit against Miami to set an example for other counties and court systems doing the same thing.
It should be worth more to them to keep the public safe.
3:48 pm on January 27th, 2009
Relax Abroad, Mean Nurse means well. I guess if you or I were in her shoes, we might feel the same way she does. She is faced with such things daily – that has got to cause one’s perception to be jaded on some levels.
Honestly, as a common member of society (i.e. not a nurse) don’t you just feel like killing the guy anyway? I sure as hell do. He doesn’t deserve to be alive while those poor people are forced to be without their babies.
Speak on Mean Nurse. Keep saying what we are all thinking-it’s allgood…
4:32 pm on January 27th, 2009
Ok, this is why I stick to lurking and not posting. No one made any comment to those that said “the jaws of life should be used to take off his head” or maybe “the paramedics should have let him bleed to death in the road” . How are those comments any more alarming than what I said? Because I’m a nurse? Does that mean I’m devoid of feeling?
As an ER nurse, I see the SHIT of human beings each and every day. Guess who cares for that drunk driver who’s brought in after he’s killed an entire family? Guess who takes care of the guy who shot 10 people and then got hit by either a stray bullet or police fire? Does that mean I let them lay there and die? Hell no. I have a job to do, and I take it very seriously. Does that mean I’ve never looked down at the drunk and wondered why he’s here and the entire family’s dead? No. Have I wished death upon him? I’d be lying if I said no. Have I done anything to hasten it? I can honestly say no.
Guess who takes care of the baby who’s brought in with a fractured skull and broken limbs because their asshole parents decided to play tennis with his head? Would I like to subject the parents to my own judgment, HELL YES and I make no apologies for that.
It’s amazing the comments that are made on here and others agree with and not bat an eye. Would you have looked at my post differently if my username were not “Mean Nurse”? Somehow I think so. Perhaps I’m not even a nurse….which I am…..but you don’t know that.
I invite you to spend a short 12 hour shift in my shoes. Better yet, come work with me for the typical 16 hour shift and your eyes will be opened, I promise.
That’s it, I’m done. No more ranting, no more venting, back to lurking where I don’t have to explain myself. This is a great site and I will continue to visit, just not subject myself to judgment from those who don’t have a clue.
4:42 pm on January 27th, 2009
Honestly? No, I don’t often feel like killing anybody. Perhaps I am repressed and too squeamish; but while I agree completely that he does not deserve to be alive, he’ll have to find some way of getting dead that does not involve action (or inaction) on my part.
4:51 pm on January 27th, 2009
Sorry, Mean Nurse. I happen to know from that other thread you weighed in on that you are a nurse, which was the only reason I made the comment; but I know you were just venting, and I believe I said that I knew, too. I certainly didn’t mean for you to go into hiding again. You’ve only just joined us, and I think your perspective on these crimes could be valuable for the site…..
In my defense, I did take issue (somewhat) with whoever it was that thought the jaws of life should have been used to take the guy’s head off, too:
Looks like I might be going soft. :-S
4:52 pm on January 27th, 2009
Of COURSE so, MN, but there’s nothing about Abroad’s comment that worth taking so personally.
The thought of ANY professional of this nature, be it a nurse, a doctor, a firefighter, an EMT or a cop, taking the law into their own hands in this nature is unsettling. Abroad clearly understood that you were just venting, but reacted to the thought of the sentiment.
No need to go into lurk mode, here – I’m sure you can understand that, to us non-nurses, the thought of a vigilante nurse is a little frightening.
5:58 pm on January 27th, 2009
You know, after some thought I did over react and for that I apologize. I have actually been in this situation and still feel the impact today. Those babies all made it to my ER and then died literally in my arms while the drunk was handcuffed to a chair waiting for a blood alcohol test.
So again my apologies for wearing my emotions on my sleeve. Have a great day all!
6:27 pm on January 27th, 2009
Umm, okay. that’s understandable. Personally I think the first thing that comes to anyone’s mind is to see the wrong doer be dead too. I too don’t believe that the majority acts on it. I personally would not act on it, but none the less feel it from time to time. However, I value my freedom too much-and killing some sorry ass druk is not worht giving it up for…
6:29 pm on January 27th, 2009
Mean Nurse, In my opinion, you have as much of a right as the rest of us to wear your emotions on your sleeve and, yes, vent when you feel the need. Personally, I did not take offense to your comment because you are someone who is on the frontline every day and experiencing these tragedies up close and personal. I am gald you use this site as a way to vent your frustrations with the world and speak your mind. That is what we all are doing, regardless of who we are or what our occupations are.
Your career as a nurse may bother others when you comment on stories like this, but I took it as you just stating how outraged you were over this horrendous tragedy and you needed to vent. Please don’t go back to lurking because, as a profesional in your field, your input on stories like this is very much needed and appreciated. That’s all I wanted to say.
10:32 pm on January 27th, 2009
Oh! My heart is aching for these people. I imagine losing one child is aweful – but all of them… In one night…. Because of one brainless asshole.
Rest in peace little ones. You are with the angels now.
9:15 am on January 28th, 2009
For now I am going to with hold judgment, on the driver. Instead focusing on the spirit of this Mom. Wow!
http://www.justnews.com/news/18577857/detail.html
“I would never want anyone, nobody, nobody in the world to go by the situation that I am going through,” Mirian Serrano said.
“In my heart, I lost my children. I don’t hate him. I forgive him,” Mirian Serrano said.
That said, there are reports of failed brakes (I realize that in general brakes don’t fail). and the tox screens are not back (chances are)….
However, Mirian’s spirit is remarkable.
1:23 pm on January 28th, 2009
Mirian and Hector’s spirits and generosity of will are incredible, I agree.
I’d like to point out that the ONLY place I have seen any mention of failed brakes is from Delrisco’s attorney, and that would be his job: to try to create reasonable doubt as to his client’s guilt.
I’m sure the investigation will shed light on all of it. I acknowledge that failed brakes are possible, but I think it’s extremely unlikely. Regardless of what the cause turns out to be, I maintain that this man should not have had a valid driver’s license. He was an accident waiting to happen. His record speaks for itself.
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