The Brief
A 49-year-old Tampa woman died Tuesday night after a car struck a culvert and launched into the air, hitting her at a bus stop, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
FHP troopers arrested 33-year-old driver Benny Wallace on charges of DUI manslaughter and refusal to submit to testing after he lost control on 56th Street North near Tampa.
The airborne sedan hit the pedestrian before crashing into a stopped vehicle at the intersection of Pitch Pine Circle, FHP said.
EAST LAKE-ORIENT PARK, Fla. – A 49-year-old woman was killed and a man is facing a DUI manslaughter charge after a sedan crashed into a woman at a bus stop Tuesday night near Tampa, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Hillsborough bus stop deadly crash
The backstory
Troopers say the crash happened in the East Lake-Orient Park area around 7:40 p.m. on 56th Street North near Pitch Pine Circle.
According to FHP, a Chevy sedan driven by Benny Wallace, 33, was traveling south on 56th Street North when he lost control while approaching Pitch Pine Circle.
The Chevy traveled onto the shoulder, rammed a culvert and became airborne before hitting the woman at a bus stop at the northwest corner of the intersection, troopers said.
FHP said the vehicle continued and then crashed into a Toyota sedan driven by a 42-year-old Tampa man that was stopped on Pitch Pine Circle at the intersection.
The pedestrian, a Tampa woman, was seriously injured in the crash and was taken to a hospital in the area, where she later died, according to FHP.
DUI manslaughter arrest
Dig deeper
Troopers determined Wallace was impaired at the time of the crash, according to FHP. He was arrested and faces charges of DUI manslaughter and refusal to submit to testing.
The Source
The information for this story was provided by the Florida Highway Patrol.