Woman Accused Of Driving On Drugs During Fatal Scooter Crash

PINELLAS PARK, FL —A Pinellas Park woman has been arrested after admitting to hitting and killing a man on a scooter Tuesday while under the influence of drugs.

The Florida Highway Patrol said Kaitlyn Sauer, 28, was traveling south in a Ford Explorer and ran a red light on 54th Avenue before hitting the scooter at 1:22 a.m.

The scooter rider, Stanley Joseph Mercier, 64, had the green light. He died at the scene.

Troopers said Sauer told them she had taken heroin and Xanax before the crash.

She was taken into custody and booked into the Pinellas County Jail, where she is being held on charges of violating probation for a burglary charge, possession of Lorazepam and DUI manslaughter.