News: Woman charged with drunk driving in fatal Bayside Bridge crash
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – State troopers say a woman is facing drunk driving charges in connection with a fatal crash on the Bayside Bridge Sunday night.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, 29-year-old Shanquia Zaneta Holte of St. Petersburg has been charged with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Holte was driving a Nissan Altima on the bridge when she lost control of the vehicle at about 11:10 p.m. Holte drove across the median and crashed into two vehicles, a Nissan Rogue and a Qipai motorcycle, according to the FHP. Two people were killed in the wreck, a 50-year-old Palm Harbor man operating the motorcycle and a 29-year-old woman from Largo who was a passenger in the Altima.
Holte was hospitalized with minor injuries and then arrested. Troopers said her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.
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