NFL Player Donté Stallworth Faces DUI Manslaughter Charge

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28-year old NFL player Donté Stallworth is facing a charge of DUI man- slaughter. The prosecutors allege that the Cleveland Browns wide receiver struck and killed a pedestrian last month while driving drunk on March 14.

The accident happened shortly after 7 am when Stallworth was driving on the MacArthur Causeway. He crashed into 59 year-old Mario Reyes a crane operator, who had just got off work and was rushing across the causeway trying to catch a bus.

The police evidence showed that Stallworth had a blood-alcohol level of .126, above the legal limit in Florida of .08. Prior to the accident, Stallworth had been drinking in the Fountainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.

Stallworth attended the hearing with his mother, after which he was handcuffed and taken away. He was later released on bail of $200,000.

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NFL Player Donté Stallworth Kills Man in Car Crash

NFL player Donté Stallworth, Cleveland Browns wide receiver, was released by Miami Beach police after being questioned about an accident in which his car struck and killed a man on Saturday.

Stallworth was driving on the MacArthur Causeway shortly after 7 am when he crashed into a 59 year-old man, Mario Reyes.  Reyes,a crane operator, had just finished work and was heading towards the bus-stop where he took his bus home every morning.

Stallworth has not been charged but the investigation is on-going.