A retiree who once owned a quaint Queens diner was charged with a DUI after his wife was killed in a golf cart crash at their dream retirement spot in Florida late last month \u2014 while he was behind the wheel.<\/p>\n
Angelo Theodosiou, 64, and his wife Christina Theodosiou, 58, were cruising through Nocatee, an unincorporated coastal community in Florida, on Nov. 30, when tragedy struck.<\/p>\n
Christina Theodosiou, 58, and her husband Angelo Theodosiou, 64, retired in Nocatee, an unincorporated coastal community in Florida. Dignity Memorial<\/p>\n
Christina Theodosiou fell from the golf cart and smacked her head against the pavement around 10:45 p.m. that night. She was transported to a nearby hospital, but succumbed to her injuries the following day, according to an arrest report obtained by Law & Crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n Investigators observed that Angelo Theodosiou\u2019s \u201ceyes were bloodshot and watery and pupils displayed a reddened sclera.\u201d Responding officers could also smell \u201can odor of alcoholic beverage\u201d on him \u201cfrom approximately three feet away in an open area,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n Angelo Theodosiou previously owned the Jackson House Restaurant in Jackson Heights, Queens. St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n At the scene, a distraught Angelo Theodosiou refused to complete a standard field sobriety test. He also failed to submit to a breathalyzer test, according to the report.<\/p>\n Officials noted in the report that he was \u201crepeatedly asked what was happening and why he was arrested\u201d the following day. <\/p>\n Angelo Theodosiou\u2019s lawyer, L. Lee Lockett, said that the widower is \u201cheartbroken\u201d and maintains his innocence that he wasn\u2019t impaired the night of the accident.<\/p>\n Christina Theodosiou died after she fell out of the golf cart and hit her head on the ground. Dignity Memorial<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s distraught. He\u2019s depressed as can be,\u201d Lockett told the St. John\u2019s Citizen<\/a>.<\/p>\n Angelo Theodosiou was charged with driving under the influence and refusing to submit to police testing. He made bond and was released from jail the day after his arrest, according to Law and Crime.<\/p>\n Residents in the cozy retirement hotspot told the outlet that they figured a recently opened greenway path would be bound to cause an accident sooner or later, since it\u2019s created more congestion. Some said they\u2019d seen some recent near-miss collisions between golf carts and e-bikes.<\/p>\n