Man sentenced to nearly 7 years in state prison for fatal DUI crash; victim’s family address loss, defendant

Nearly one year after the death of a beloved woman, a man accused of driving under the influence and killing her came face-to-face with her grieving mother in court on Friday. Just moments before 21-year-old Dayron Ramirez-Mesa learned his sentence, the mother of 40-year-old victim Dayana Abreua Perez offered her forgiveness. I hope what happened is a lesson for you, she said through a Spanish translator while clutching a picture of her daughter. I do forgive you. The fatal incident occurred in December 2025 in Miami-Dade s Kendall neighborhood. Investigators say Ramirez-Mesa was driving drunk behind the wheel of a Tesla Cybertruck just after 8 a.m. near Southwest 122nd Avenue and 56th Street. The man reportedly sped through a red light at 100 mph in a 40 mph zone, striking and killing Perez. No sentence can undo what you did, Mari Elyse Diaz, a cousin of the deceased, said. One day, you ll go home, but Dayana will never come home, and that is a reality you cre