Ocala woman killed, 2 other Ocala residents hurt in Citrus County DUI- manslaughter crash
A Citrus County man has been arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter, among other offenses, after a three-vehicle wreck on Monday that killed an Ocala woman and injured two other Ocala residents, one of them a 3-year-old girl.
The crash happened on State Road 200 in Citrus, just south of the Marion County line.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, about 6 p.m. Monday a pickup truck driven by 38-year-old David Michael Kahler was southbound on SR 200. Two other vehicles, a sedan and a sport utility vehicle, were traveling northbound on SR 200 toward Marion.
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Truck crossed center line on SR 200, struck sedan nearly head-on
The truck crossed the center line, entering the northbound lane, and struck the sedan almost head-on, the patrol reported. Upon impact, the pickup rotated into the path of the third vehicle, the SUV, which hit the pickup on the right side.
Officials said the truck Kahler was driving traveled to the east shoulder, hit a mailbox and stopped.
The sedan and the SUV rotated and stopped on the east shoulder, troopers said.
The crash occurred on SR 200 at Citrus County Road 491.
The sedan driver, a 33-year-old woman from Ocala, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 28-year-old woman and a 3-year-old girl in the SUV were injured, officials said. They also are from Ocala.
The woman was listed in serious condition and the child had minor injuries, troopers said. The relationship between the woman and the minor was not described.
The FHP no longer provides names in its news releases, though it does name people who have been arrested. In this case, Kahler was held on charges of DUI manslaughter, DUI with serious injury, DUI with property damage, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118, austin.miller@starbanner.com or @almillerosb.
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