The son of Mexican billionaire Carlos Peralta was driving the car in which the instructor had died in an accident

A motor sport lesson at a Lamborghini ended in tragedy, The vehicle driven by the apprentice, the son of a Mexican billionaire, crashed into the concrete wall of the Palm Beach International Circuit on April 16.

Nicolás Peralta Tort, 18, son of wealthy businessman Carlos Peralta, hit the retaining wall of the circuit during a private driving lesson. Instructor Peter London, 37, died in the accident., reported Wednesday the EFE news agency.

Until now, the identity of the driver of the sports car was not known, but local authorities revealed his name on Monday.. Peralta Tort is currently hospitalized in a hospital. His instructor died instantly.

The Palm Beach sheriff's office said nothing but the name and age of the driver. But local media say that it is the son of Carlos Peralta, president and CEO of the Mexican business group IUSA.

The damaged car, a Lamborghini Avendator 2013, is registered with an address corresponding to that of a South Florida property owned by Carlos Peralta, as indicated by the Palm Beach Post Web Information Portal.

The Lamborghini struck a concrete barricade on the south side of the runway. According to the authorities, a helicopter drove the driver to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Tort is the son of Carlos Peralta Quintero, president and CEO of Mexico-based conglomerate Grupo IUSA. The car is registered at the address of a mansion in Indian Creek Village, an enclave located near Miami Beach. Tort's mother is Peralta's third wife, Mariana Tort.

Grupo IUSA is an international technology company that recently invested $ 70 million in a solar panel plant in Mexico.. The IUSA group would also be involved in electric and electronic meters, automotive, education, agriculture, publications, telecommunications, among others. Several published reports describe Carlos Peralta Quintero, 67, as a multimillionaire.

The widow has already complained

The Sheriff's Office and the Palm Beach County Fire Department announced that London had been hired for a private clbad on the Beeline Highway race track. Previously, Moroso Motorsports Park has been a racing establishment for decades.

According to the obituary of London, the native of Pittsfield, Mbadachusetts, would have turned 39 on April 28.

London is survived by his wife Paola, twin sister Jacquelyn, mother Marlene and father Kevin.

The London page on the LinkedIn site indicates that the instructor was also a professional trainer, a race car salesman and a rental car driver.

His wife said that he had started running when he was 17 or 18 years old., although London has had some sponsors. In general, he said, "they receive nothing but a trophy". She said that he worked mainly in the restaurant business for two decades.

Sometimes, said Paola London, her husband had an "experience" in which a person was paying to be a pbadenger while London was running on the track. Sometimes, he says, London was the pbadenger and the customer was driving. This is what happened on April 16th.

Paola London said the couple was about to leave the next morning for a California vacation including visiting London's twin sister. in the Los Angeles area. On the day of the accident, she received a last minute request to give a lesson.

"Peter was the kind of person who would not say" No, "he said." He said, "I'm going to do this for a few hours and I'll be at home." informed the portal Palm Beach Post.

Paola London said her husband had said that he was waiting for them to do it at 10:30 pm. She said that she always phoned when she came home. At 11:15 pm, he said "something was not feeling good". He stopped packing and started calling and sending text messages, without result.

"I had this horrible feeling"He said, in a broken voice, "and my daughter said …" she stopped to calm herself … "Mom, the police are here" ".