Former WWE star Tammy Sytch has claimed she suffered a seizure earlier than allegedly causing a fatal car crash.
As reported by TMZ, the 49-year-old star – also referred to as Sunny – was allegedly concerned within the accident by which a 75-year-old man died.
Requested by a fan on Twitter how briskly she was going on the time, she replied: ‘Hmmmabout 10 since I used to be slowing all the way down to. Gentle. However he had a coronary heart. Assault. Nothing to do with my seizure (sic)’
No reason for dying for the person, recognized as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter, has been made public.
TMZ beforehand reported that police suspected Sytch was inebriated.
A crash report by Ormond Seashore Police Division, Florida, reportedly exhibits that the accident occurred at round 8:28 PM on March 25 on US Freeway 1 in Volusia County.
Sytch is believed to have crashed her 2012 Mercedes into the again of a 2013 Kia Sorento after which into the rear of a 2011 GMC Yukon that had additionally stopped at a stoplight.
The motive force of the automobile she hit, recognized as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter, was transported to Halifax Well being Medical Middle the place he was pronounced lifeless.
Witnesses reportedly mentioned she was ‘driving at a excessive price of pace’ earlier than crashing.
Sytch, 49, was additionally taken to the hospital however later launched.
Police are at present investigating whether or not Sytch was impaired on the time of the crash.
Ormond Seashore Police Chief Jesse Godfrey mentioned (through Ormond Beach Observer): ‘Our hearts exit to the Lasseter household that misplaced their cherished one in such a tragic occasion.
‘Our purpose on the Ormond Seashore Police Division is to maintain metropolis roadways protected, so for those who see a automobile working in a way that leads you to imagine the driving force could also be impaired, please don’t hesitate to name 911. Chances are you’ll simply save somebody’s life.’
Sytch was inducted the WWE Corridor of Fame in 2011 and is taken into account the corporate’s first Diva.
She has confronted extra authorized bother just lately, being arrested in January for ‘terroristic threats and weapons possession’.
In 2015, she alleged to have suffered a seizure after a site visitors accident, however she later pleaded responsible to DUI in three circumstances.
The next yr, she claimed she agreed to the responsible plea as a result of she was ‘blackout drunk’ throughout what she described because the worst relapse of her life.
In February 2019, was arrested for DUI – the sixth time she’s been arrested for the cost.
In July 2020, she was arrested on charges of eluding a police officer, violating a home violence restraining order and working a automobile throughout a second license suspension.
She was released on June 9, 2021, and later that month she instructed WrestleZone.com: ‘I’m joyful to be completed with my sentence and I’m anxious to start out the subsequent chapter of my life. I’m wholesome and joyful and really feel nice.
‘‘The incident which led to this final incarceration stemmed from some main misunderstandings. Nevertheless I settle for accountability and have used this time to make a greater me and put my previous errors behind me.’
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