Leslie Stone, 40, was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver while traveling along West Pipkin Road in a motorized wheelchair in Lakeland, Florida
Woman in wheelchair fatally hit by suspected drunk driver Christmas Eve, Florida cops say
A woman riding a motorized wheelchair along a road was fatally hit by a suspected drunk driver on Christmas Eve, Florida deputies said. Leslie Stone, 40, was traveling east along West Pipkin Road in Lakeland on Dec. 24 when she approached an intersection, according to a Dec. 25 news release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Plant City man arrested for DUI manslaughter on Christmas Eve
According to the sheriff’s office, Bennett was taken into custody after failing the sobriety test that was twice the legal limit in Florida.
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