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Trucker charged in March 2012 fatal wreck

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PANAMA CITY — A Panama City trucker was high on meth and pot when he rear-ended the moving vehicle in front of his truck, killing one person and seriously injuring two others, according to court records charging him with several felonies.

Witnesses told investigators Dennis Wayne Fuller, 42, of Panama City, was speeding and driving his tractor trailer in a reckless and aggressive manner on U.S. 98 near Mexico Beach in March 2012. Other drivers had to leave their lanes to get out of the way before he struck a Jeep driven by Dana Becker from behind, according to the charging affidavit.

The impact from the Freightliner Fuller was driving crushed the rear of the Jeep, pinning back-seat passenger Chris Herudzinski in the wreckage. Herudzinskidied of his injuries. He was 59.  

Becker and Jadwiga Stojkowski, a front-seat passenger in the Jeep, were seriously injured as well.

They were traveling to Key West from their homes in Illinois and made a stop in Panama City so Herudzinski could revisit some places where he had spent time with a girlfriend, Becker said Monday.

“He was so happy the night before because he had found a restaurant that he’d been to with a previous girlfriend,” Becker said.

Florida Highway Patrol investigators took a blood sample from Fuller after another witness, who saw Fuller outside of his vehicle shortly before the crash, said he was acting impaired. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement performed a drug screen and reported finding marijuana and methamphetamine.

Fuller was arrested Friday on a warrant and booked into the Bay County Jail; he since has been released on bond on the conditions he submits to random drug tests and does not consume or possess alcohol. He could not be reached for comment Monday.

Fuller has been convicted in the past of criminal charges ranging from child abuse to burglary, marijuana possession and armed trespassing, and he has been cited numerous times for speeding, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident, court records show.

He is scheduled to be arraigned July 2 on two counts of driving under the influence causing serious injuries and a count of DUI manslaughter.


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