Family mourns man killed in horrific car crash in Cooper City – NBC 6 South Florida

Wendy Fielder remembers her nephew, 26-year-old Justice Fielder.

“He had this beautiful smile,” Fielder said. “He was well behaved and a very loving person.”

Justice, who lived in Mississippi but visited South Florida last weekend, was killed in a car crash in Cooper City early Saturday morning.

“We will miss him forever and ever,” Fielder said.

She spoke to NBC 6 by phone Monday and said the family was devastated.

“We just prayed and prayed that he wasn’t in pain,” she said. “That it happened so quickly that he didn’t have to suffer.”

A driver was arrested after a horrific crash in Cooper City early Saturday morning cut a car in half and killed his passenger.

The accident occurred around 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning near Sheridan Street and Solano Avenue, investigators said.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found the car split in half. They said the driver, 26-year-old Ivan Billie Jr., walked away from the scene covered in blood.

Justice was found dead in the passenger seat, prosecutors said.

Billie was driving while intoxicated and lost control, veered onto a median and struck two trees, investigators said. The car continued to slide and eventually struck a concrete post, knocking it over.

“His body was pretty destroyed,” Fielder said.

Billie was arrested on a charge of manslaughter and appeared in bail court on Sunday. Prosecutors said his blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit.

“The defendant had a blood alcohol level of 0.239,” Fielder said.

The prosecution also said in court that, according to a witness, Billie was driving at a speed of almost 305 km/h.

Fielder said the family had forgiven the driver.

“We have already forgiven him, but I think the most important thing is to prevent this from happening to anyone else,” she said.

Justice Fielder studied physical therapy and dreamed of running his own practice.

“It will take years for us to realize that he is never coming home again,” his aunt said.

The relationship between Justice and the suspect was unclear.