ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The family of 73-year-old Marie Merisier said the news of what led to the fatal crash is hard to come to terms with. “I cried, I’m not going to keep crying,” Merisier’s granddaughter Yvena Laurent said.
On Tuesday, Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolon said an authorized police pursuit of two men began after a vehicle they were traveling in was identified in connection with a Daytona Beach homicide.
The car was spotted in the area of John Young Parkway and L.B. McLeod Road. A short time later the vehicle turned onto Rio Grande Avenue where the vehicle crashed into a car, killing Merisier. “Do you know how many people’s lives you put in danger, now my grandmother is dead,” Laurent said.