DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Lyndie Louis lost her mother, Marie Michelle Louis, back in January. She was one of six people killed in a violent car accident Jan. 27 in Delray Beach.
“I have to live with that,” Louis said.
Louis had dropped her mother off to work on that day, never thinking it would be the last time that she would see her alive.
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputies said Marie Louis and five co-workers were later killed in a crash after leaving work.
The person deputies say was responsible for the crash is 18-year-old Noah Thomas Galle.
Galle has now been charged with six counts of vehicular homicide and was granted bond. Lyndie Louis is struggling with this decision.
“It’s been very, very hard,” she said.
Galle appeared in court Tuesday, where a judge granted him a $300,000 bond, plus the conditions of no driving and house arrest.
“It’s a very big slap in the face. I feel like this is how it’s going to be. Where is justice going to be at? I don’t know,” Lyndie Louis said.
The crash happened back on Jan. 27, along State Road 7, north of Atlantic Avenue, and investigators say Galle was traveling at a high rate of speed of 151 mph in his BMW.
It was at that point the six victims were leaving work, trying to make a turn on State Road 7 when authorities say Galle slammed right into them. Five people died at the scene and one victim died at a nearby hospital.
Galle was also taken to the hospital where staff members said they smelled an odor of alcohol. Tests were run and nothing was detected in his system. It was also at the hospital where Galle allegedly told staff he was driving at more than 120 mph.
According to an arrest report, throughout the course of the investigation, detectives were able to obtain Galle’s social media posts.
One video in particular apparently shows Galle recording himself on I-95 driving at 182 mph just weeks before the accident.
The defense argued in court that Galle has a significant medical issue that went undiagnosed and that he had surgery. Family members believe there was too much focus on his health and not on the victims in court.
As of Wednesday evening, Galle remained behind bars.