Central Tampa Teen Charged with DUI Manslaughter
Tampa Police: Driver ran two stop signs on West Wood Street.
Tampa Police have arrested a Central Tampa teen in connection with a Nov. 20 crash on West Wood Street that killed another driver and seriously injured four passengers. On Friday afternoon, Charlotte Sowards, 18, of 8701 Willow Ave., was booked into Orient Road Jail on warrants for DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, three counts of driving under the influence with serious bodily injury, three counts of reckless driving with serious bodily injury and one count of DUI with personal injury or property damage. Police said Sowards was driving a 1997 Cadillac Seville west on Wood Street at twice the speed limit of 25 mph when she ran two stop signs — one at Edison Avenue and one at El Portal Drive. When she ran the second sign, she struck a …
