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A Mercedes-driving Instagram model from New York blamed party drugs and time travel for the reason she allegedly caused a three-car wreck and killed two people — including a father — in downtown Miami last week. Maecee Marie Lathers, 24, confessed to police she was under the influence of “pink cocaine” when she ran a red light and crashed into a black Range Rover before trying to flee the area on Aug. 10, according to WPLG.  

“Pink cocaine” also known as “tusi” or 2C is a synthetic drug concoction linked to a dangerous Venezuelan gang and blowing through New York City’s drug scene. “She advised she was under the influence of “2C” a known party drug and that she was from the future and had a crystal ball,” Florida 11th Circuit Court Judge Mindy S. Glazer read from a police report, according to video obtained by the outlet.

Lather attempted to flee the scene of the crash but was grabbed by bystanders before she could run off.Miami-Dade Corrections

Lather’s car and the Range Rover collided with a silver Suzuki sedan carrying three people heading to work. The driver of the Suzuki, identified as Abraham Ismael, had to be extricated from the car and died at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the outlet said, citing the arrest report. The rear passenger was killed instantly. Ismael’s wife, Juanita Hernández was in the front passenger seat and survived the crash.

Hernández was hospitalized and said she was unable to work due to her injuries. She also said that her husband left behind a 16-year-old son. “I am now unable to work due to my injuries, and the boy’s life has been turned upside down,” the heartbroken wife wrote on GoFundMe. “His mother, who lives in Nicaragua, suffers from Parkinson’s disease and is now not only grieving but also left without the financial support her son provided.” Lather, whose license has been suspended since January, attempted to flee the crash scene but was stopped by bystanders who grabbed her and brought her back to the crash, Local10 reported.

Police found Lather vomiting as she later admitted to being under the influence of the party drug. Lather, whose Instagram account features her posing in revealing clothes and bikinis, was fitted with a green anti-suicide vest during her court appearance Friday. Her social media account, with only 11,000 followers, claims she is affiliated with two modeling agencies and her bio reads “(money) on my (brain)” and “dope in real life.” The Instagram model, originally from Fort Plain, NY, has reportedly been living in the Sunshine State since 2022, Prosecutors called Lather a “potential flight risk” because of the felony charges she faces, and could face. Lather was charged with four counts of driving without a license resulting in death or serious injury and four counts of leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death or serious injuries, all felonies, according to court records viewed by The Post. “She’s an absolute danger to the community based on killing or driving when she shouldn’t have been in a car and she’s clearly impaired based on her statements,” Glazer said. “And if it wasn’t for the citizens or witnesses nearby who stopped her, she would have completely fled.”

Glazer ordered Lather be held on a $140,000 bond. If the reduced bond is paid, Lather would be placed on house arrest with a “No Driving Order.”