ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican congressional hopeful David Jolly was not charged and not at fault in a 1989 car crash in which he fatally struck a pedestrian, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. Jolly, who is in a tight race with Democrat Alex Sink to replace the late Rep. Bill Young in Florida’s swing-voting 13th Congressional District, has questioned why the matter has become an issue shortly before March 11 special election. The accident happened when Jolly was 16.
Candidate speaks about crash that killed man