TITUSVILLE, Fla. – A 41-year-old man faces DUI manslaughter charges after he struck and killed a bicyclist in Titusville on Sunday evening, according to a news release.
Police said they responded to a traffic crash around 9 p.m. along a section of Foley Road between Cheney Highway and S.R. 405.
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According to the release, a preliminary investigation showed that a driver of a Chevrolet Silverado truck – identified as Michael Wayne Gragg – was driving west on Foley Road when he veered from the roadway and struck a bicyclist who was also traveling west.
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Police said the bicyclist – identified as 66-year-old Gene Ryan Collins, was taken to he hospital where he was pronounced dead around 10 p.m.
According to the release, Gragg left the crash scene but returned a few minutes later.
Police said they conducted field sobriety tests, which “provided probable cause for arrest resulting in a felony charge of DUI manslaughter.”
Gragg is being held without bond at the Brevard County jail.
Titusville police said the crash remains under investigation.
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