{"id":208241,"date":"2016-07-03T12:42:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T16:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1.tempurl.host\/?p=208241"},"modified":"2020-06-29T11:08:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T15:08:17","slug":"drunk-driver-kills-leesburg-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/drunk-driver-kills-leesburg-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk Driver Kills Three Leesburg Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. PETERSBURG –\u00a0<\/strong>A Leesburg family is dead after an accident on the Howard Frankland Bridge<\/a> involving a drunk driver Friday night.<\/p>\n

According to Florida Highway Patrol, 25-year-old Joshua Eric Burbank was traveling in a 2014 Honda Civic<\/a> on the inside center lane of I-275 near mile marker 33 when he lost control of his car and entered the inside lane hitting the Leesburg family’s 2012 GMC Sierra<\/a> pickup.<\/p>\n

The impact sent the pickup into a spin causing it to overturn several times and eventually rolled over a barrier wall on the bridge and landed in the water below.<\/p>\n

The occupants of the pickup have not yet been identified pending next of kin notification. Troopers stated that the 76-year-old father and his 73-year-old wife were both pronounced dead at the scene. Their 52-year-old son was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

During their investigation, Troopers found that Burbank was driving under the influence.<\/p>\n

Burbank was arrested and charged with three counts of DUI Manslaughter and one count of DUI Property Damage. He was released several hours later after posting a $61,000 bond.