Former Polk deputy charged with DUI manslaughter for April crash that killed 2 on Courtney Campbell
Joshua Roelofs mugshot. Photo Courtesy of the Tampa Police Department.
TAMPA, Fla. - A former Polk County Sheriff's deputy was arrested on DUI manslaughter charges in the Courtney Campbell Causeway crash that killed two people and seriously injured two others last month, the Tampa Police Department confirmed.
Joshua Roelofs, 33, was arrested over the weekend on two counts of DUI manslaughter and two counts of DUI with serious bodily injury. Tampa police said the crash closed the Courtney Campbell Causeway for hours during the morning commute on April 13.
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Traffic homicide investigators said Roelofs was driving in the eastbound lanes of the causeway at about 100 mph in his 2017 Nissan GT-R around 3:42 a.m. that day.
He rear-ended a 2005 Kia Sorrento with four people inside, causing the SUV to flip, according to TPD officials. All the passengers were then ejected from the SUV, and investigators said none of them were wearing seatbelts.
Authorities said two 44-year-old men died at the scene of the crash. A 36-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
The crash investigation is ongoing, officials said.