Accused DUI driver who crashed into Florida trooper laughs in first court appearance

As 52-year-old Kristen Kay Watts of Sarasota made her first appearance, she told a judge she is unemployed and is living off money from a lawsuit.

Investigators said Watts was driving in a BMW while intoxicated and was arrested on suspicion of DUI. She plowed through barriers that were set up during the annual Skyway 10K, but it took a trooper to put herself in harm's way to stop Watts.

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