Police charge driver in ‘Dr Vodka’ fatal crash
Miami police have charged the driver of a Lamborghini that was travelling at high-speed when vodka entrepreneur Malcolm Lloyd, founder of Double Cross Vodka, was killed.
Police have charged Andres Esteban Toro, driver of the car in which Double Cross Vodka founder Malcolm Lloyd (pictured) was killed, with vehicular homicideLloyd, 42, otherwise known as “Dr Vokda”, was a passenger in a 2012 Lamborghini that was travelling at high-speed on Thursday 24 April when it crashed into an SUV standing at a red traffic light near Miami Beach.
The driver of the sports car, Andres Esteban Toro, 53, was described as being in a critical condition in hospital after the crash happened at 2.50am.
Witnesses say the car was travelling at over 100 miles per hour when it hit the stationary SUV, the driver of which is also in critical condition in hospital.
The accident caused the SUV to be lifted from the ground while the Lamborghini was propelled more then 100 yards from the crash site.
As reported in the Miami Herald, police have now charged Toro with vehicular homicide and if toxicology reports reveal he was over the drink drive limit, he could face additional charges.
Lloyd was known by many as “Dr Vodka” after he gave up a career in medicine to move into the drinks trade and found Old Nassau Imports with his godfather.
He received a degree in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins and a medical doctorate from Dartmouth Medical School.
Since its launch in 2008, Lloyd’s Slovakian vodka Double Cross and its unique bottle have earned various accolades, while Lloyd was personally named one of the most innovative entrepreneurs in the US by Goldman Sachs in 2012.
