Titusville driver booked on DUI charges in deadly crash
TITUSVILLE — A 28-year-old man has been charged with DUI manslaughter after Titusville police said he fatally struck a pedestrian Friday afternoon.
Dallas Scott Weed was driving a Dodge work truck westbound on Columbia Boulevard at about 2:50 p.m. Friday when he hit a man who was returning to work at a nearby Walmart Supercenter on 3175 Cheney Highway. The man, whom police did not identify, was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died at 4 p.m., police said.
Police found Weed at the scene of the crash and determined that he showed signs of intoxication. Weed was booked into the Brevard County Jail Complex and held on $15,000 bail.
J.D. Gallop is a criminal justice/breaking news reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Gallop at 321-917-4641 or jgallop@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @JDGallop.
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