Oscar Andres Portillo Lopez, Florida man on immigration hold arrested causing two hit & crashes while drunk driving, leading to female driver killed in Miami

A Florida driver faces felony charges after being involved in two hit-and-run collisions on the same evening, one of which killed a 35-year-old female driver.

Oscar Andres Portillo Lopez, 24, was arrested Friday on accusations of reckless vehicular murder and leaving the scene of a Miami incident resulting in serious bodily injury.

The first crash occurred shortly before 11 p.m. On Thursday, September 18, at Northwest 12th Avenue and Northwest 20th Street, a Honda Accord reportedly driven by Portillo Lopez rear-ended a Chevrolet Colorado, according to an arrest record obtained by NBC6.

The driver of the Colorado noticed the Accord was ‘swerving from left to right at a high rate of speed before it suddenly rear-ended her vehicle,’ the report stated according to the outlet.

The Colorado vehicle driver said the Accord reversed and struck her vehicle a second time while fleeing, and said as the Accord passed her ‘she saw the defendant in the driver’s seat look over toward her and smile in a sarcastic manner,’ the report said.

But there was more to come.

The Accord ran a red light while fleeing and ran several more red lights before crashing into a Jeep Compass at Northwest 20th Street and Northwest 12th Avenue, being driven by Colombian emigre, Cinthia Liliana Sierra Linares. At the time, Sierra Linares, 35, was driving home from working. 

Oscar Portillo, Florida man on immigration hold arrested causing two hit & crashes while drunk driving, leading to female driver killed in Miami. Fatal victim id as Colombian immigrant, Cinthia Liliana Sierra Linares.

 

The Compass hit a traffic pole and rotated before coming to a stop, and the Accord continued to flee before hitting a traffic sign and a wall.

The passenger of the Colorado ran to assist the driver of the Compass and saw Portillo Lopez get out of the Accord shouting, ‘What’s the problem?’ in Spanish and laughing.
Oscar Portillo, Florida man on immigration hold arrested causing two hit & crashes while drunk driving, leading to female driver killed in Miami. Fatal victim id as Colombian immigrant, Cinthia Liliana Sierra Linares. 

Police and fire rescue personnel responded, and the driver of the Compass was pronounced deceased on the site. The driver of the Colorado sustained a fractured tooth and bruising, while her passenger claimed a hand injury to authorities, according to lawandcrime.

An officer contacted Portillo Lopez at the scene and noticed the odor of an alcoholic beverage, as well as slurred speech.

Portillo Lopez was hospitalized and released before being placed into jail.

Police said blood samples were taken, and the results are pending.

Lopez was driving on a temporary driving permit that had expired on July 5, according to records, WPLG said.

Portillo, who was born in Honduras and had two local residential addresses in northwestern Miami-Dade, had a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement immigration hold and was unemployed, police and inmate records show.

During a court appearance on Monday, a judge ruled that Portillo Lopez will remain in custody until trial. His arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 10.

A GoFundme fundraiser for funeral costs for Sierra Linares has to date raised $13, 729.