A man who crashed his vehicle into another car killing two people last month was arrested today, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said.
Daniel Dalton Dolcater, 20, of St. Petersburg, was discharged from the hospital today and charged with two counts of driving under the influence manslaughter, one count of aggravated fleeing and eluding and one count of driving while license suspended causing death, the sheriff’s office said.
Dolcater is being held at the Pinellas County Jail.
On Sept. 30, Dolcater was driving a silver GMC Yukon sport utility vehicle heading south on Gulf Boulevard in St. Pete Beach at around 8:40 p.m.
He was driving 69 mph in a 35 mph zone. A St. Pete Beach police officer on a motorcycle followed Dolcater and initiated a traffic stop, the sheriff’s office said.
Dolcater accelerated, lost control of the SUV and crashed into a 2006 silver Mazda 3.
The occupants in the Mazda died at the scene. The victims were identified as Pablo Alonso Mansilla-Aguinaga, 32, of Tampa, and Sandra Paulson, 33, of Shaumberg, Ill.
Dolcater was ejected from the SUV and found unconscious in the roadway and taken to Bayfront Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
The sheriff’s office is continuing to investigate the case. Detectives want to locate the driver of an older model maroon or purple minivan that may have been racing Dolcater in the area of 5th Avenue and 66th Street North in St. Petersburg shortly before the crash.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at (727) 582-6200.
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