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Alabama man charged with murder in Florida DUI crash that killed 14-year-old boy
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Alabama man charged with murder in Florida DUI crash that killed 14-year-old boy

A Daphne man has been charged with one count of vehicular homicide and one count of DUI manslaughter following a crash Wednesday in Escambia County.

On the night of November 6, Shawn Wilber, 49, He was driving his pickup truck in the westbound lane of Interstate 10 near mile marker 9 in Escambia County when he collided with a Toyota pickup truck.according to the Pensacola News Journal.

In the van were a 50-year-old woman, a 50-year-old man, a 25-year-old man, a 12-year-old boy, a 27-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy.

At least one of the vehicles overturned after the collision and all occupants of the van suffered minor injuries except the child, who was pronounced dead on November 9.

The Florida Highway Patrol could not determine if the boy was wearing a seat belt, but everyone else in the van was, according to the article.

Wilber is currently being held without bond at the Escambia County Jail.