4 killed in crash including Windermere High senior after cars slam into trees (2025)

First at 4 in Orange County community mourning the lives of 4 people killed in *** crash over the weekend. Good afternoon. I'm Nancy Alvarez. I'm Jessie Pagan. Among the victims was Sammy Lehek, *** student at Windermere High School bound for Duke University on *** full scholarship. Instead today, family and friends gathered to say goodbye. Bhu's Greg Fox is live along Central Florida Parkway east of Whitley Place where the crash happened, and Greg, do we know just how fast the cars were going? We don't. The FHP is not speculating about that right now. They're only saying that they were exceeding the speed on this road, and of course because you can see that some of the wreckage went into the woods here on the side of the road, not just *** few feet in, but yards in taking out some trees and limbs, and 4 people died. This investigation could take months. Windermere High School was *** somber place as students, teachers, and administrators learned of *** student's loss in *** crash. Counselors were on hand to help those who are grieving. Principal Andrew Leftakis notified the school population about the passing of 18-year-old Sammy Lahee by way of *** Connect Orange call Sunday. I know I speak for our entire Windermere High community when I express the extreme grief we feel at the loss of one of our own. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family as they go through this extremely difficult time. And from Superintendent Maria Vasquez, the sudden passing of *** young life is an unimaginable loss, and we are committed to providing support for our students and staff as they navigate this grief. He was riding in *** Camry along Central Florida Parkway just before 11 o'clock on Saturday night, and going in the same direction was *** BMW. Collided and Lahi's vehicle smashed through *** light pole right there where you see that orange cone about another 80 yards down is where the BMW ended up in the trees. *** man and *** woman in the BMW were killed. The front passenger in the Camry, Moad Makti, was also killed. Lahi was riding in the backseat of that vehicle. Its 20-year-old driver, Yosef Madar, was hospitalized in serious condition. Florida Highway. Troopers say both vehicles were exceeding the speed limit when they collided, and the entire community is in shock. Imam Tariq Rashided presided over Lahik's funeral at the Islamic Center of Orlando Monday afternoon. He said Lahiq and at least one of the others in the vehicle were former students at the Muslim Academy of Greater Orlando and longtime members of the center. They were good sportsmen, plus they were good students. And they were *** member of *** mosque for *** long time, and their parents are well known to all of us. So it's it's *** big loss for our community, and it's *** very tough time for the community. He was president of the Windermere High Muslim Student Association, *** Quest Bridge national scholar whose academic excellence earned him *** full ride to Duke University, and he was previously an intern for the Moroccan Institute of Policy Analysis, *** bright future cut short in an instant. And take *** look at some of the flowers that have been placed there along the roadside. We talked with some people who are friends of the man and the woman that are in the BMW that have not been identified yet by the Florida Highway Patrol. They said that they were too upset to talk with us and of course again the FHP, as it moves forward with this investigation, we'll be talking with the driver of the Camry who was released from the hospital covering Orange County live in Orlando, Greg Fox, West News.