ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla — Twenty-one-year-old Shannon King is facing additional charges along with two counts of Felony Reckless Driving Causing Serious Bodily Injury related to a DUI crash that severely injured two women near the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument at 11 South Castillo Drive on January 7.
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These additional charges are the result of video surveillance and information obtained from the vehicle’s Event Data Recorder (EDR).
A warrant was served for King’s arrest and she turned herself into the St. Johns County Jail this Thursday.
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ST. Johns County Sheriff’s Office state that witnesses near the scene saw a vehicle traveling northbound on Avenida Menendez at a high rate of speed and strike two women on the pedestrian sidewalk.
The vehicle then continued driving into a parking lot, hitting a parking sign and smashing a pay-to-park kiosk before coming to a stop.
At this time, the two women she hit are still recovering in the hospital.
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King already has charges of driving under the influence, DUI crash involving serious bodily injury, and DUI crash involving property damage.
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