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The suspect in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Miami Beach earlier this week that killed two spring breakers intended to take his own life — and recalled “closing his eyes, pressing the accelerator, and hoping to die,” police said.
Adan Negron-Morris was behind the wheel of a black Nissan Sentra when he mowed down Greatgomon Laowatdhanasapya and Sarisa Kongduang around 9 p.m. Wednesday, before running to a nearby Walgreens, police said.
The victims — who were on spring break — were struck so hard by the vehicle that they were hurled airborne and landed several feet away from where they were hit, according to the Miami Herald.
Laowatdhanasapya, 23, and Kongduang, 22, were rushed to a local hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.
Negron-Morris, 42, told investigators he intended to take his own life by crashing his vehicle — and that he suffers from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression, according to an arrest report.
He allegedly recalled “closing his eyes, pressing the accelerator, and hoping to die,” noting he stopped as soon as he could following the crash and considered leaving the scene, but instead entered the pharmacy, the report said.
The driver — who was involved in another hit-and-run shortly before striking the two victims — was slapped with a slew of charges, including vehicular manslaughter, and was held on a $1 million bond Friday, NBC 5 Chicago reported.
He showed signs of impairment but refused to give a blood sample to investigators, police said, prompting hospital staff to obtain one by force.
While Negron-Morris allegedly had a history of drug use, on the night of the crash, he’d only consumed marijuana and an unknown medication his girlfriend provided him, police said.
He was spotted driving recklessly and without headlights in the area of 71st Street and Collins Avenue shortly after 9 p.m. — and multiple people called 911 to report the scary sight, according to NBC 5.
Negron-Morris drove past a Miami Beach Officer who was responding to the 911 calls about the dangerous driver before slamming into the victims at the intersection of 73rd Street and Collins Avenue.
The victims both had ties to Indiana University, though it is unclear if they knew each other.
Laowatdhanasapya, a Chicago resident, graduated from the university and worked as a banking analyst at Bank of America, and Kongduang was a current student at the school, an Indiana University spokesperson confirmed.
Negron-Morris pleaded not guilty to the charges and was being held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according court records cited by the Miami Herald.
The Miami Beach Police Department did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment on Saturday.
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