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WWE Hall of Famer, involved in DUIs in Carbon, now involved in fatal crash

Tamara Lynn Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer who was involved in driving under the influences cases in Carbon County several years ago, was involved in a fatal crash in Florida in March in which alcohol is suspected.

According to a report in the Ormond Beach, Florida, Observer, she was involved in a fatal three-car crash on U.S. 1 on March 25. Police said the ongoing investigation may result in criminal charges.

According to a story written by Jarleene Almenas, an associate editor for the paper, the police have secured a warrant to obtain blood test results.

Almenas wrote the following:

According to a press release, Sytch, known by her ring name “Sunny,” failed to stop at 8:28 p.m. while driving southbound on U.S. 1 just north of Granada Boulevard and crashed into a stopped vehicle, which then crashed into the vehicle in front of it. The driver of the vehicle hit by Sytch, identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter of Daytona Beach Shores, was transported to Halifax Health Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Sytch, 49, was also transported to Halifax Health for treatment, but was later released. A search warrant was approved and executed to obtain a blood sample, which police are using to investigate if Sytch was impaired at the time of the crash. Toxicology results are pending.

The driver and passengers in the third vehicle suffered injuries, but were not transported to the hospital, police report.

The Ormond Beach Police Department said it has requested an expedited time frame on the processing of Sytch’s samples. The results will be made available once the department receives them.

In March 23, 2019, the Times News reported the WWE Hall of Fame wrestler was behind bars in Carbon County for violating parole on multiple DUI convictions.

Sytch, known as Sunny during her WWE career, pleaded guilty to three separate counts of DUI in Carbon County Court in 2016. She was sentenced to five years maximum, but got immediate parole because she sought rehab.

She was extradited from New Jersey for violating parole in one of her DUI arrests.

It was the second time she was jailed in Carbon for violating parole. She served eight months in Carbon County Correctional Facility in 2018.

Sytch reportedly violated her parole when she was arrested for DUI in New Jersey on Feb. 26.

According to TMZ.com, Sytch was arrested after a traffic stop where an officer found her with an open container of alcohol. She was also driving with a suspended license.

She was extradited to Carbon County for violating terms of her probation from the three DUIs she pleaded guilty to in 2016.

According to an order from Carbon County Adult Probation, Sytch missed a scheduled drug test.

The terms of Sytch’s probation from her DUI arrests included zero tolerance for missed urine screens.

Adult probation said Sytch did not have a stable residence and failed to report her whereabouts.

When Sytch pleaded guilty to the three separate DUI charges in Carbon County Court in 2016, the judge in the case sentenced her to a maximum of five years in jail. However, she received credit for 95 days in rehab and got immediate parole.

The terms of her sentence also included $2,100 in fines, a two-and-a-half year license suspension, 125 hours of community service, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use, and court fees.

The first arrest occurred May 30, 2015, on Route 443 in Mahoning Township.

Two days later, she was stopped by police for crossing the double line on Route 209, and officers found an open bottle of beer.

The third arrest occurred after a crash in Towamensing Township on June 20, 2015.

In February 2018 she violated her parole and served eight months in Carbon County Correctional Facility.