A 21-year-old university student on the cusp of starting her dream life after graduation has died after sending her loved ones a text message promising to be home soon. Lauryn Akey sent the heartbreaking final text message after fuelling up her car as shedrovehome through the night, moments before she was hit by an alleged drunk driver careering down the wrong side of the highway. Minutes after her last-ever text message, she was struck by an alleged drunk driver, Dennis Olson, 53, as he careered the wrong way down the highway.

She was driving home from a friend’s wedding in Charlotte County,Florida, in the early hours of May 17, as per legal documents obtained by Law & Crime. The University of South Florida student told her family that she loved them and would be home soon, foreshadowing a fate that would never come.

As per affidavits obtained by Law & Crime, Olson drove his F-150 truck into Akey’s Honda CR-V while driving south on the northbound lanes of Interstate 75. The force of the crash sent Akey flying out of her car, and she died at the scene at around 1am on May 17.

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Olson has been charged with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide. Olson later admitted to Florida state troopers he was having a “bad night".

A witness said Olson, of Lehigh Acres, was slurring his speech as he was helped from his truck, according to theFloridaHighway Patrol. He had a blood alcohol limit of 0.222, according to state troopers, which is nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08.

Olson claimed he had only drunk a glass of wine that night and said he was returning from the Sip & Sizzle restaurant in nearby Fort Myers.

Shortly before he allegedly crashed into Akey, he reportedly injured a woman and two children from Arcadia, Florida, sideswiping their Kia Optima when he turned into oncoming traffic, as per arrest documents. One of the children in that collision subsequently required surgery.

Grainy black-and-white footage obtained by FOX 13 from the Florida Highway Patrol shows Olson's car making a U-turn on the highway todrivein the wrong direction shortly before the crash.

Source: Daily Express :: World Feed