Speeding Lady Lake DUI suspect nabbed after fleeing fatal crash

A speeding drunk driving suspect from Lady Lake was apprehended in a pasture after a he fled on foot from the scene of a fatal accident. Robert Brandon Van Zant, 31, at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday had been driving a Ford F-150 pickup “at a high rate of speed” and passing other traffic on the shoulder of North Carl G. Rose Highway in Citrus County when he merged back into traffic and collided with the rear of a Honda Accord, which was also traveling southbound, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS