Driver Arrested After March Wrong-Way Crash Investigation Reveals BAC Over 3 Times Legal Limit
Posted: April 24, 2015 – 10:30 PM
Today, Pinellas Deputies arrested 33 year-old Erica Hubell (AKA Erica Duffy) in connection with a March Wrong-Way driving crash on St. Pete Beach. The charges are as follows; Arrested DUI, 3-counts DUI with Property Damage, 3-counts DUI with Bodily Injury, DUI with Serious Bodily Injury, Driving with license suspended/revoked with Serious Bodily Injury, Grand Theft Auto, and a civil citation for driving on the wrong side of a divided highway.
Information obtained from Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Cecilia Barreda, revealed that blood toxicology reports indicated the Hubell’s blood alcohol concentration registered a .286%. In Florida, you can get a DUI if you drive with a blood alcohol concentration of .08% or higher.
As a result of the investigation, deputies developed probable cause for her arrest. She was arrested in Kenneth City on April 24, 2015 on the above listed charges; and transported to the Pinellas County Jail without further incident.
Additional information on the crash can be found below in the original article posted on March 23, 2015
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Wrong-Way Driver Collides With Two Vehicles on St Pete Beach
Posted: March 23, 2015 – 9:15PM
Pinellas deputies assigned to the Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) are investigating a three vehicle crash in St. Pete Beach. The crash occurred at approximately 1:04PM on Monday, March 23, 2015 in the area of Gulf Boulevard and 72nd Avenue in St. Pete Beach.
Deputies reported that Erica Hubbell, a 33 year-old driver of a 2003 Toyota Corolla, was traveling Northbound in the Southbound lanes of Gulf Blvd according to Sgt. Elizabeth Brady of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. She collided head-on with a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country and side swiped a 2009 Chrysler 300.
Fire/Rescue crews worked to free Hubbell for over 30 minutes as she was entrapped in the badly damaged Corolla. She was transported to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg as a trauma alert with what the Sheriff’s Office now describes as non-life threatening injuries
The driver of the Town & County has been identified as 64 year-old Joan Rouse of St. Petersburg and the driver of the Chrysler 300, 71 year-old James Eastman of South Pasadena. Both Rouse and Eastman were also transported to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
Alcohol may have been a factor in the crash according to deputies.
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