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Streets and San Worker Charged with DUI in Saturday Crash

By Chuck Sudo in News on May 23, 2011 4:40PM

61-year-old Streets and Sanitation employee Dwight Washington was charged with felony aggravated DUI, two counts of misdemeanor DUI, transporting alcohol and failing to reduce speed in connection with the Saturday crash that injured 8, including a toddler girl, on the Gold Coast.

Washington was driving his pickup truck on State Street near the Viagra Triangle when he jumped the curb, drove onto the sidewalk and plowed into the crowd. he's also expected to be fired from his job today.,