80-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed, four others injured when a car driven by Cody Curtis, 24, crashed into the outdoor eating section of a restaurant off Pine Island Road in Lee County, Florida
Troopers: 1 dead, 4 injured after man crashes into people sitting outside at Lee County restaurant
He collided with five pedestrians eating outside, the building and a parked motorcycle. After that crash, he kept driving and crashed into several other posts, mailboxes and garbage cans. Then he went back onto the road and crashed into a pickup truck.
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Troopers said Curtis' toxicology screening determined he had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.137% — above Florida's legal limit of 0.08%.
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