TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Pasco County driver who crashed into one other automotive whereas going greater than 100 miles per hour is behind bars.
Police stated Gary Manist, 67 is accountable for a collection of chain response collisions that finally killed a Tampa mom of 4. It occurred close to the intersection of McKinley drive and Bougainvillea Drive, the place the pace restrict is 35.
“He took my child,” the sufferer’s mom, Jessica Wiggins stated. “She was an grownup, however she was nonetheless my little woman.”
Wiggins stated the crash occurred minutes after her daughter, Paige, left her residence in Tampa on Jan. 3.
Investigators say Manist was the driving force behind the wheel of a Dodge Ram 2500. He was reportedly driving greater than 100 miles per hour on a busy avenue.
“Justice will not be served till I do know he will not spend one other day on the street,” Wiggins stated. “My daughter would not get to see the day of sunshine anymore, he should not.”
The sufferer’s mom is now calling for change.
“Vehicles are simply flying down that avenue, flying down that avenue, and there is not any cameras up on the lights there like there are on different lights,” she stated. “And that intersection has a historical past of accidents. Why aren’t there cameras? Why aren’t the lights repair(ed) so that they have an precise flip arrow?”
The suspect is being held in Pasco County jail ready to be introduced again to Hillsborough County the place he faces felony vehicular murder expenses.
A fundraiser has been created to assist Paige’s kids she leaves behind. The hyperlink will be discovered here.
