A driver involved in a 2022 crash in North Bay Village that claimed the lives of a mother and her two young daughters has been convicted on multiple charges in connection with the tragedy.

Jurors spent about two hours on Tuesday deliberating the case against 27-year-old Julius Bernstein before finding him guilty of three counts of vehicular homicide and three counts of leaving the scene of a crash involving death.

The crash happened on the 79th Street Causeway on June 27, 2022, when a Dodge Charger Bernstein was allegedly driving slammed into the family’s car, sparking an explosion.

Cynthia Orsatelliz and her daughters, Sofia and Maria, were killed.

Prosecutors said Bernstein was speeding at nearly 100 mph in a 30 mph zone when he slammed into the family’s car. They added that Bernst

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