Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking Crime News now. A former New York City restaurant owner charged in a golf cart crash that leaves his wife dead. According to reports, she falls from the golf cart, hits her head on the ground, and dies after being airlifted to a local hospital.

Straight out to Drew Nelson for more. Nancy, it happened inside a neighborhood where residents feared a deadly accident was only a

matter of time.

Angelo Theodozu, 64, was arrested in St. John's County after the November 30th crash that

killed his wife, Christina Theodosu.

Deputy said Theodosu showed signs of impairment and refused a breath test.

He's charged with misdemeanor DUI.

Authority said Christina fell from the cart and hit her head on the concrete.

She later died at the hospital.

Neighbor Christopher Barnes said residents woke to chaos in the middle of the night.

We woke up to all the lights out here, came outside, saw that, in fact, she was already loaded in the ambulance, I think by the time we got out here.

According to the St. John's County Sheriff's Office, the crash happened around 1045 p.m. on Recollection Drive in Nocatie.

Christina was airlifted to Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, but died the following day.

Barnes says Angelo was visibly

distraught at the scene. Her husband was out here, and the police were talking to him. He was

pacing around, and the golf cart was all the way down by the mailboxes. Theodosu's attorney,

L. Lee Lockett, told the St. John citizen that his client maintains his innocence, quote,

he didn't cause the accident, he was not impaired.

He also said Theodosu is heartbroken, adding, quote, he's distraught, he's depressed as he can be.

The couple had recently retired to Florida from New York, where Angelo previously owned a restaurant in

Jackson Heights, Queens. According to our partners at the New York Post, residents continue to

raise safety concerns about speeding golf carts, a lack of stop signs, and growing traffic

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