BOYNTON BEACH — An Atlantis man has been charged with DUI manslaughter in the hit-and-run death in December of a pedestrian pushing a wheelchair, police said.
Jesus Rene Roa, 54, also was charged with leaving the scene of a crash causing death, DUI property damage, and driving in violation of a license restriction. He was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on June 13.
On Dec. 21, Roa was driving southbound in the 6000 block of Old Congress Avenue in Boynton Beach at about 1:51 a.m. At the same time, Robert Elsmore, 60, of Jupiter, was pushing a wheelchair close to the center line in the middle of the road, a sheriff’s office report said…