Driver arrested after killing man in Pinellas Park, police say
A man arrested last month on charges of driving under the influence with a suspended license was arrested again Tuesday after he hit and killed a man with a box truck in Pinellas Park, police said.
Eligabriel Caez Negron, 25, was backing the truck toward a loading bay of a building at 12210 66th St. N. about 6 a.m. when he struck a 41-year-old man standing in a parking stall, according to the Pinellas Park Police Department.
The man was taken to a local hospital and died from his injuries. Police have not released his name. A police spokesperson said investigators were working to notify his family.
Investigators arrested Negron on a charge of driving with a suspended license resulting in death.
An arrest affidavit was not immediately available Tuesday.
Negron, of Tampa, was also driving without a valid license on March 30 when a Hillsborough sheriff's deputy spotted a Toyota Camry that had crashed into a pole near the intersection of North Dale Mabry Highway and West Waters Avenue, according to an arrest affidavit.
The deputy saw signs that Negron was impaired, and he provided a breath sample that showed his blood alcohol level was 0.174 and 0.164, the affidavit states. Both levels are more than twice Florida's legal limit of 0.08.
Negron also admitted to having half of a Percocet pill in his pocket, according to the affidavit.
Deputies arrested Negron on charges of DUI, knowingly driving with a suspended license and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.
The Hillsborough State Attorney's Office dropped the drug charge, records show. The license and DUI charges are still pending.
It was Negron's second DUI arrest in less than a year.
In June, a deputy stopped Negron near the intersection of West Waters and North Habana avenues in Tampa for violating the state's move-over law, according to an arrest affidavit. Negron showed signs of impairment during field sobriety exercises and refused to provide a breath sample, the affidavit states.
A deputy who searched Negron found in his pocket a baggie with a powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine.
Negron was arrested on charges of DUI with property damage and cocaine possession.
Negron pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of reckless driving with alcohol being a factor, records show. Prosecutors dropped the cocaine charge because the amount of the drug in the baggie was 'residual in nature,' a court document states.
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