The Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal crash that killed a man in Parkland early Monday morning.

According to investigators, around 11 a.m. on April 1, Broward County Regional Communications received a report of a vehicle in a canal near the intersection of Pine Island Road and Nob Hill Road. BSO deputies and Coral Springs Fire Rescue responded to the scene. BSO’s Dive team was also requested. Upon arrival, a fully submerged vehicle was observed in a canal behind a residential community. BSO divers located the vehicle, a 2021 Honda Accord, with a deceased individual, Dilton Florezel Lai, inside. The vehicle and driver were pulled from the canal, and BSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit took the lead on the investigation.

The preliminary investigation reveals that Lai was traveling northwest on Pine Island Road when he failed to stop at the T-shaped intersection at Nob Hill Road. For unknown reasons, Lai drove over the raised curb, into the grass and launched over and into the canal. The vehicle became fully submerged and was discovered later that morning.

The crash remains under investigation.