MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — A construction worker from Tampa was hit and killed by a man accused of driving drunk on I-75 near Ruskin Friday morning.
Troopers arrested Michael Jerome Forbes Jr., 29, who they said had a BAC of 0.151.
The deadly crash took place in the northbound lanes of I-75 near the Manatee/Hillsborough county line. Troopers said Forbes drove into a construction zone where lanes were closed to traffic.
He hit a 45-year-old construction worker with McShea Contracting, then continued northbound for a quarter-mile before stopping in the median and running off into the woods nearby, investigators said.
Deputies with the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office searched the area and were able to track him down.
Forbes was charged with DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash.
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