Florida man arrested in fatal crash year after woman was accused – KIRO 7 News Seattle

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Florida man is accused of being the motive force of a car when a pedestrian was killed final year, as an alternative of the woman who was initially charged, authorities mentioned.

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Adam Wayne Garabrant, 60, of Seminole, was arrested Thursday and charged with one depend of leaving the scene of a crash involving loss of life, in accordance with a news release from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

Thomas Rothwell, 70, of St. Petersburg, was crossing “in the area of a designated crosswalk” in Seminole at 12:49 a.m. EST on Dec. 16, 2021, when he was struck by the motive force of a crimson 2014 Chevrolet Camaro, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Rothwell died on the scene, deputies mentioned.

According to investigators, Francine Mashtare, 54, of Seminole, was arrested and charged with driving underneath the affect manslaughter on the night time of the crash, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in (*7*).

She was later launched after posting $20,000 bail, on-line reserving information present.

During the course of their investigation, deputies mentioned Garabrant was captured on video leaving The Liquid Therapy Bar in Pinellas Park minutes earlier than the crash, WFLA-TV reported. He was allegedly proven driving the Camaro that killed Rothwell.

According to the sheriff’s workplace news release, investigators alleged that Garabrant admitted to the proprietor of the bar that he was the motive force and will have been arrested.

Investigators additionally decided that Mashtare, now 55, was the passenger in the car, the Times reported. Her DUI manslaughter cost can be amended to a DUI, the sheriff’s office said.

Garabrant was booked into the Pinellas County Jail and was later launched after posting bail of $50,000, in accordance with Pinellas County Sheriff’s on-line reserving information.

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