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Leslie Stone was riding a wheelchair on West Pipkin Road when she was struck and killed by a drunk driver on Christmas Eve.

A Plant City man was arrested on charges of DUI manslaughter for hitting a woman riding a motorized wheelchair on Christmas Eve, the Polk County’s Sheriff’s Office said Monday. On Sunday, around 6 p.m., Leslie Stone, 40, was heading east on West Pipkin Road when Howard Bennett, 67, struck her in his 2019 Mazda. When deputies responded to the scene they said Bennett was observed stumbling and ...

A woman on a motorized wheelchair was struck and killed in Lakeland by a man who was later arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter, according to authorities.

Bennett provided two breath samples, both of which were nearly twice the legal limit of 0.08.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman in a motorized wheelchair was hit and killed by a suspected drunken driver on Christmas Eve in Polk County, according to the sheriff’s office. 40-year-old Leslie Stone was riding her motorized wheelchair across West Pipkin Road in Lakeland Sunday evening when she was allegedly hit by Howard Bennett, […]

A Florida man was arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter on Christmas Eve after he killed a woman riding a motorized wheelchair.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said the woman was driving a motorized wheelchair when the man struck her. He was charged with DUI manslaughter.

The driver was allegedly stumbling while walking and had bloodshot eyes, according to deputies

The 40-year-old woman was a mother of three, a neighbor said on GoFundMe.