JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville man has been charge with DUI manslaughter in a crash that left a St. John's County deputy dead.
Florida Highway Patrol reports that 26-year-old Kris Caudilla was charged Monday with DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide and DUI causing property damage.
FHP says 44-year-old Deputy James Louis Anderson Jr. was headed to work in his patrol car last month when Caudilla crashed into the deputy. Anderson died shortly after the crash.
A blood test showed Caudilla to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.158 percent, almost double the legal limit.
Caudilla is still recovering at a Jacksonville hospital but will be booked into the Duval County jail after he is discharged.
