J. Gerald Smith, 82, killed in collision with speeding Lamborghini on Federal Highway in Delray Beach, Florida

Investigators with Delray Beach say the driver of the Lamborghini, identified as 60-year-old Roger Wittenberns of Delray Beach, was speeding down the street along with his girlfriend, who was at the wheel of a Porsche. The speed limit on the street is 35 miles per hour.

Nearby residents say the intersection, located just one block north of Atlantic Avenue, a main thoroughfare in downtown Delray, is known for speeding, wrong-way driving and crashes.

Traffic homicide investigators are conducting the investigation. They are still reviewing the case before collaborating with the State Attoney’s Office on whether to charge Wittenberns or McQuiggin with a crime. 

His three sons — two from Canada — and two brothers from London were among a dozen eulogizing the successful engineer, businessman, and part-time Uber driver as competitive, focused, attentive, patient, intelligent, generous and loving.

A time later, witnesses say Wittenberns, driving a yellow Lamborghini, and McQuggin, driving a yellow Porsche, were racing at a high rate of speed northbound on NE 6th Avenue.

New information in court documents state Wittenberns reached a minimum speed of 75 miles per hour within one city block. The speed quickly dropping to 38 miles per hour when he hit Smith. 

Twenty-five-year-old Taylor Lanigan remembers that tragic day in September. She was coming from her parents' house and traveling east on NE 1st St. when she stopped at the intersection.

A judge set the DUI manslaughter case for a hearing in October.

Wittenberns’ comments stood in contrast to witnesses’ statements, who told police they saw the Lamborghini speeding, court records show.   

The suit focuses on two luxury waterfront homes in Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach. The legal filing says Wittenberns sold the properties and held the mortgages.   

Meanwhile, Wittenberns faces several criminal charges, including DUI manslaughter. He was arrested June 12 and released on $450,000 bond the following day.     

“I’m 61 years old. I’m not a speed demon,” Wittenberns said in a recorded police interview hours after the crash. “At my age, you buy a Lamborghini because it looks cool.”