Man charged with DUI manslaughter after fatal hit-and-run in Pinellas
Police have detained a 29-year-old Pinellas Park man charged with fatally striking a cyclist in the early hours of Sunday morning while driving und...
Police have detained a 29-year-old Pinellas Park man charged with fatally striking a cyclist in the early hours of Sunday morning while driving under the influence and then leaving the scene. Nicholas Carusotti was driving eastbound in a 2022 Toyota Tacoma on 62nd Avenue N, west of 39th Street N, when he overtook and then hit a bicyclist at 2:39 a.m. Carusotti fled the scene, first in the pick-up truck and then on foot, according to a press release from Florida Highway Patrol. Carusotti was located by Pinellas Park Police and determined to be impaired, according to troopers.