ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Two men have been arrested in connection to a 2023 Orange County street-racing crash that caused a woman’s death, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Jose David Gomez Urban, 22, and Diego Andres Victoriano Abreu, 21, face vehicular homicide charges in connection to the June 17, 2023 crash, according to the affidavits for their arrest warrants.
Urban was behind the wheel of a Toyota MR2 that he’s accused of using to race Abreu — who was driving a Mini Cooper — along J. Lawson Boulevard, the affidavits state. Traveling northbound and approaching the intersection of South Boggy Creek Road, the Toyota failed to negotiate a curve to the left, running off the roadway to the right and striking a palm tree in the center grass median, according to FHP. Abreu soon turned around and drove back to the scene, troopers said.
Urban and his passenger, identified as Lindsey Delgado, were both trapped in the Toyota and had to be extricated, troopers said. Delgado was hospitalized in critical condition and later died on June 21, 2023, according to the affidavits.
Video footage from nearby reportedly showed the Toyota and the Mini Cooper traveling at a high rate of speed toward the crash site. The case eventually went cold until January 2025, when it was reassigned to another investigator who would eventually pinpoint the alleged criminal negligence of Urban and Abreu in the fatal crash.
The roadway where the crash occurred is a 40-mph zone, the affidavits state, adding it was determined that Urban and Abreu were traveling between 92 and 100 mph when the wreck happened.
Come late February, investigators had spoken with at least three witnesses who reported what they saw that night. One said that they saw Abreu make a quick U-turn and overheard bystanders claiming he and Urban racing moments before the crash, another said that they observed both vehicles pass them at a high rate of speed and the third witness said the same, thing adding they soon “pulled up to the crash scene and observed a cloud of smoke ahead.”
Urban and Abreu were booked Thursday and are being held on no bond in Orange County.
In court on Friday afternoon, Abreu had an attorney file a waiver of personal appearance and a written plea of not guilty.
Both men had bond set at $25,000 and were ordered not to have any contact with one another.