Woman convicted of driving drunk, high in crash that killed St. Augustine man

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A St. Johns County assemblage has convicted a pistillate of DUV manslaughter successful a 2019 clang that killed a St. Augustine begetter of two.

The Florida Highway Patrol said Grace King was driving impaired and speeding without her headlights connected erstwhile her SUV crashed into a pickup motortruck driven by Desmond Oesterreicher connected U.S. 1 connected Feb. 4, 2019. Troopers said the mishap occurred astir 6:40 p.m. -- astir 35 minutes aft sunset.

According to the FHP report, King was going 89 mph northbound successful a 60 mph portion erstwhile Oesterreicher’s Ford Ranger turned crossed the northbound lanes astatine the intersection of Stokes Landing Road, adjacent Cornwell’s Market.

Oesterreicher, 57, died astatine the scene. King was earnestly injured successful the crash.

According to the FHP report, toxicology results showed King was “under the power of some intoxicant and controlled substances astatine the clip of the crash.”

Oesterreicher was remembered by friends and household arsenic a loving begetter and person who spent his full beingness successful St. Augustine.

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Friends told News4Jax that Oesterreicher ne'er knew a stranger, made radical grin and loved his family.

Oesterreicher near down 2 children, a teen and a 9-year-old.

News4Jax recovered respective erstwhile citations for King successful St. Johns County, including speeding six times and doubly driving with a suspended oregon revoked license. She was besides cited doubly for speeding successful Duval County.

King was besides charged with DUI successful 2019 aft an incidental connected Town Center Parkway successful Jacksonville successful which she admitted to drinking and taking Xanax earlier driving, according to police. That was astir 4 months aft the fatal clang with Oesterreicher.

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