TAMPA (FOX 13) –

Police say a drunk driver caused a fatal accident in downtown Tampa overnight.

Timothy Wysocki, 25, faces DUI manslaughter charges after allegedly running a light in his Mercedes-Benz and slamming into a Toyota Corolla at Twiggs Street and Meridian Avenue.

A passenger in the Toyota, 64-year-old Bernandine Davis Smith, of Riverview was killed. Police say she was thrown from the vehicle after the impact.

Police took Wysocki to Tampa General Hospital for a forced blood draw, and he was arrested and booked in Orient Road Jail.

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