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...

September 19, 2022
2:56 AM

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 east in a 2022 Toyota Tacoma on 62nd Avenue North, west of 39th Street North, when he overtook and then hit a bicyclist at 2:39 a.m. Carusotti fled the scene, first in the pickup 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.

Olivia George