Arrest Made in Deadly Vehicle Crash in Vero Beach

Arrest made in deadly vehicle crash in Vero Beach

A man was arrested in connection with a crash that killed a woman in March.

Nicholas County man in court in Vehicular Homicide case

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Man charged with vehicular homicide in March wreck that killed Vero Beach passenger

VERO BEACH — DNA evidence left on a steering wheel airbag led police to nab a man suspected of speeding in a woman’s vehicle before crashing into a wooden power pole and two trees. The woman died in the wreck while the man ran from the crash site, police said. “DNA lab results later confirmed that Mr. (Michael) Slaughter’s DNA was found on the steering wheel airbag, which deployed during the crash,” Vero Beach police said in a statement. Michael…