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Tampa driver, 21, faces DUI manslaughter charge in death of passenger

The suspect was speeding when he collided with a turning pickup truck early Sunday at an Interstate 75 interchange, troopers say.
 
 
 
James Curtis Whatley Jr., 21, was arrested Sunday on a charge of DUI manslaughter. A woman riding with Whatley was killed in a collision with a pickup truck.
James Curtis Whatley Jr., 21, was arrested Sunday on a charge of DUI manslaughter. A woman riding with Whatley was killed in a collision with a pickup truck. [ Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office ]
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