After the Jan. 7 wreck at Southeast 24th Street and Southeast 40th Avenue that claimed the life of 85-year-old Harvey J. Staley, blood was taken from Christopher Feliciani.
Test results showed that Feliciani had a blood alcohol content of .022, below the legal limit of .08, but difluoroethane was also found in his system, according to a follow-up report written by Cpl. Susan Barge. Barge obtained an arrest warrant for Feliciani on Tuesday and arrested him at his mother's Silver Springs home Tuesday afternoon.
Feliciani was taken to the Marion County Jail, where he was booked on charges of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter shortly after 5:30 p.m., according to jail records.
Difluoroethane is a chemical commonly found in aerosol cans of dust remover. According to the National Institutes of Health, it is sometimes abused as a chemical inhalant. Barge noted that fact in her report.
The trooper also calculated that Feliciani's speed was 75 mph in a 35 mph speed zone near Maplewood Elementary School.
According to the crash report, Feliciani was heading west on Southeast 24th Street in a 1998 Ford truck, while Staley was traveling in the opposite direction in a 1997 Ford truck. As Feliciani's truck rounded the curve, it careened off the road. The vehicle continued to travel on the shoulder, then spun counterclockwise. It ended up in the eastbound lane, colliding with Staley's vehicle.
Staley died at the scene. It was the first traffic fatality for the year.
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