A Plant City man was arrested on charges of DUI manslaughter for hitting a woman riding a motorized wheelchair on Christmas Eve, the Polk County’s Sheriff’s Office said Monday. On Sunday, around 6 p.m., Leslie Stone, 40, was heading east on West Pipkin Road when Howard Bennett, 67, struck her in his 2019 Mazda. When deputies responded to the scene they said Bennett was observed stumbling and .
A woman on a motorized wheelchair was struck and killed in Lakeland by a man who was later arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter, according to authorities.