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Driver Arrested on Four Vehicular Homicide Counts in April Palm Beach County Crash

Deputies say she was speeding when her Ford Taurus struck a turning Genesis G90, causing four deaths.

Overview

  • The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Warrants Unit arrested Jazmin M. Shope, 20, on Tuesday and booked her into the county jail.
  • Shope is charged with four counts of vehicular homicide stemming from an April 21 collision near the Polo Club Shops on South Military Trail.
  • Investigators report her 2013 Ford Taurus, traveling at a high rate of speed, hit the passenger side of a 2017 Genesis G90 as it turned left into the plaza.
  • The impact sent both vehicles off the roadway; the Genesis hit a concrete utility pole and Shope’s car caught fire, leaving four Genesis occupants dead at the scene.
  • Victims were identified as James L. Rose, 88, Arlene Rose, 87, Gerald A. Levy, 92, and Thelma I. Levy, 93, and authorities say Shope and her passenger were hospitalized with serious injuries; no further investigative details or court records were available.