Police in Ocala, Florida, have opened an internal investigation after an officer let a driver leave a roadside encounter and the same vehicle was involved minutes later in a crash that killed a mother and her adult son.
Spectrum News reported that Police Chief Mike Balken said officers should have done more to investigate a possible DUI or question the driver's level of intoxication. The victims were identified as DeLawn Marshall Duncan, 50, and her son Eric Maurice McGill, 31.
The chief's assessment is attributed and the internal investigation remains ongoing. No final policy violation or legal liability is being presented as established.