BAKER, FL : Florida man charged with DUI manslaughter after Alabama woman dies in Okaloosa County crash on Thursday, 1st August 2024

A 28-year-old Alabama woman was killed in a two-vehicle, head-on collision Thursday in Florida’s Okaloosa County, and the driver of the other vehicle was subsequently arrested, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Charles Stillman, 58, of Holt, Fla., is charged with DUI manslaughter.

The wreck happened shortly before 7 p.m. in the area of Stanley Lane at Galliver Cutoff in Baker, Fla.

Stillman was operating a 2020 Ford pickup traveling southbound on Stanley Lane. The victim -- a woman from Red Level in Covington County, Ala. -- was traveling northbound in a 2024 Hyundai Palisade when Stillman’s pickup crossed into her lane, the FHP said. She attempted to swerve right but was unable to avoid the collision, the highway patrol said.

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