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Man sentenced to 18 years in prison for deadly Lamborghini crash in Miami

Alejandro Hall was charged with reckless vehicular homicide, DUI manslaughter, and driving with a suspended license for causing a crash that killed 38-year-old Juan Da Costa Berruti on Labor Day

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Alejandro Hall was charged with reckless vehicular homicide, DUI manslaughter, and driving with a suspended license for causing a crash that killed 38-year-old Juan Da Costa Berruti on Labor Day

A man who was charged in the 2023 death of a 38-year-old man after crashing his Lamborghini in Miami was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Alejandro Hall was charged with reckless vehicular homicide, DUI manslaughter, and driving with a suspended license for causing a crash that killed 38-year-old Juan Da Costa Berruti on Labor Day.

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During his court appearance on Monday, Hall pleaded guilty to the charges and a judge, after hearing demands from Berruti's family for a strict sentence, gave Hall 18 years in prison.

"I am truly sorry for the family and all the pain and suffering that I caused," Hall said. "I didn’t mean for it to happen that night. If I could go back to that day I would take it back. I think about it every day."

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Berruti's brother was also at court and spoke.

"It was my brother that night but it would have been your child," Martin Da Costa said. "It could have been your parent. It could have been any of our loved ones."

Hall must also pay the Berruti family $8,000 in restitution.

According to an arrest report, Hall was driving his Lamborghini Urus that was going westbound at a high rate of speed and tried to make an evasive maneuver to avoid rear-ending a Hyundai Elantra.

Hall lost control and hit the Elantra, which caused both vehicles to rotate and slide to the top of the bridge, the report said.

The Elantra hit the curb and ejected Berruti, who hit a street light pole, the report said. He was airlifted to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police body camera footage obtained by NBC6 captured the moments when Hall tried to jump a bridge before officers grabbed and handcuffed him.

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