Melvin Pryear, left, the deadly wreck at right. Photo courtesy of Escambia.com
Ride with an impaired driver, buy a ticket to your own funeral
From Escambia.com
2013-11-24 — A Cantonment driver has been charged with DUI manslaughter following a Thursday night traffic crash that claimed the life of his 54-year old passenger.
Melvin Pryear, 48, was released for from Sacred Heart Hospital Friday night, less than 24 hours after the crash. He was immediately taken into custody and charged with the death of Albertina McCarty of Pensacola. The Florida Highway Patrol said Pryear was driving under the influence when he pulled into the path of a 18-wheeler near International Paper.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Pryear was traveling north on Highway 29 in a 2004 Chrysler Sebring about 10:45 p.m. when he turned into the path of a southbound 2000 Volvo 18-wheeler driven by 60-year old Standford Britts of Medina, OH. The FHP said that according to multiple witnesses, both north and southbound Highway 29 had a green light as he approached Muscogee Road, but there was no green turn arrow for Pryear.
The front of the 18-wheeler struck the Chrysler, causing it to rotate onto the southbound shoulder at the Raceway gas station. McCarty, Pryear’s passenger in the Chrysler, was pronounced deceased at the scene by Escambia County EMS ….MORE
