NFL Player in DUI Crash Faces Manslaughter Charge

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:51 PM CDT
NFL Player in DUI Crash Faces Manslaughter Charge
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth.   (AP Photo)

Cleveland Browns receiver Donte Stallworth will likely be charged today with DUI manslaughter for a March 14 crash that killed a Florida pedestrian, the Miami Herald reports. Stallworth hit Mario Reyes early in the morning as Reyes was running for a bus after work. Stallworth had a blood alcohol content of .12. “My family and I are grief stricken over the tragic accident,” Stallworth said in a statement. (More Cleveland Browns stories.)

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