THE FACE OF DRUGGED DRIVING — Karmela Roy went on demolition derby spree leaving a trail of dead and injured
From Palm Beach Post
2013-12-05 — Thomas Conroy and his wife Penni were driving to their Acreage home after a day of errands. Penni Conroy was driving when investigators say Karmela Roy drove into the opposite traffic lanes and collided with the Honda Accord’s passenger side where Thomas Conroy was sitting.
The crash killed Thomas Conroy, a 76-year-old father, grandfather and great-grandfather and left Penni Conroy injured.
“He was a terrific guy,” Penni Conroy said of her husband of 21 years. “He was just a good guy.”
Roy, who lives near the Acreage, faced a Palm Beach County judge Wednesday morning after she was booked on charges of DUI manslaughter and vehicle homicide for the Nov. 7 wreck.
The 36-year-old woman was already in the jail, however, on criminal charges connected to a Nov. 20 wreck in which investigators say she left the scene. In that crash on PGA Boulevard near Ellison Wilson Road, Roy left the injured motorcyclist — Philippe Touya of North Palm Beach — on the ground, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s traffic investigators.
Judge James Martz ordered Roy be held without bond Wednesday morning.
Before the fatal wreck at Northlake and Hall boulevards, Roy almost collided head on with a pickup truck driven by Jennifer Lewkutz-Popp. Popp told investigators she…..MORE
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