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Florida Teen Charged With Killing Six in 151-MPH BMW M5 Crash

Photo credit: Screenshot: WPBF News
Photo credit: Screenshot: WPBF News

A Florida teenager was charged with vehicular manslaughter Monday after allegedly killing six occupants of a Nissan Rogue earlier this year.

The suspect, Noah Thomas Galle, was going 151 mph in a 2019 BMW M5 when the crash occurred at around 11 p.m. on January 27, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. He suffered minor injuries, while five of the Rogue's occupants died on the scene and the other died shortly thereafter at the hospital. Police say Galle did not apply the brake at all before the crash.

Galle, 17 at the time of the incident and now 18, had repeatedly posted videos of himself speeding on TikTok, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. These included videos of him offering $25 on payment app Cash App for anyone who could guess how fast he was going and, the New York Post reports, one video where he went 182 mph on Interstate 95. Police found that video while executing a search warrant on Galle's Instagram.

Photo credit: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
Photo credit: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

The standard BMW M5 is limited to 155, but if you option the M Driver's Package, the limiter is raised to 190 mph. Aftermarket companies often override the limiter as well. The teenager admitted to authorities while in the ambulance that he was going over 120 mph, police say, but did not admit to a specific number.

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Photo credit: BMW

During Galle's first juvenile hearing, the daughter of one of the six victims spoke, per WPBF.