LEE COUNTY, Fla. —
A man was found guilty of DUI manslaughter on Thursday in a 2017 motorcycle crash that killed one person in Fort Myers.
According to the State Attorney’s Office, Pavel Naranjo was found guilty of DUI manslaughter and DUI while license suspended, revoked or canceled following a three-day Lee County trial. The jury returned the guilty verdict after just 22 minutes of deliberation.
Court notes state that Naranjo was drunk and driving a motorcycle. He drove the motorcycle off the roadway on Summerlin Boulevard and down an embankment, killing his passenger.
According to court notes, Naranjo was almost double the legal BAC limit at the time his blood was tested at the hospital.
Naranjo is set to be sentenced on Monday, October 19, at 8:30 a.m.
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