Duval County leads the state in deadly crashes involving drugged drivers, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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“He got out of his vehicle, walked over to my window and looked around and after about 15 seconds he said, ‘I think I hit you.’ Kind of in that moment, I knew something was up with him,” she said.Rollins said excruciating pain throughout her body led to numerous surgeries over the years, which also changed how she navigated her daily life.
“Florida is a state where it’s driving under the influence of fill-in-the-blank,” Cotton said. “We are always working those crashes and a lot of crashes involve what they call polydrug usage, which means more than one drug -- and alcohol is a drug. A lot of times you’ll find that there’s not only alcohol involved in a crash, but drugs as well in someone’s system.”
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