On Wednesday morning, Opa-locka city commissioner Terence Pinder was supposed to surrender to face allegations that he illegally accepted $7,020 from a solid-waste contractor in exchange for political favors.
On Tuesday, Pinder crashed the SUV he was driving into a tree in a large open field at a very high speed and ended his life.
The two-term commissioner who friends say cared deeply about the , was instantly killed when his black Chevy Tahoe plowed into a tree at Opa-locka Executive Airport at an estimated 100 miles per hour.