{"id":676072,"date":"2026-03-23T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/676072\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:37:12","slug":"dallas-man-charged-with-intoxication-manslaughter-in-death-of-60-year-old-fitness-instructor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/676072\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas man charged with intoxication manslaughter in death of 60-year-old fitness instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/carnell-louis-watkins-iii.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Carnell Louis Watkins III, 21 (Source: Dallas County) <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\"><strong>DALLAS<\/strong> &#8211; A 21-year-old Dallas man is in custody facing a second-degree felony charge after a fatal intoxication manslaughter incident claimed the life of a local fitness instructor near White Rock Lake.<\/p>\n<p>   White Rock Lake pedestrian crash <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Carnell Louis Watkins III was arrested following a crash at 2700 N. Buckner Blvd. that happened on March 12. Authorities identified the victim as Linda Louise Knowles, 60, who was struck while crossing the street.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">According to Dallas Police Department records, the crash happened at 10:19 p.m. on March 12. Watkins was driving a silver 2017 Toyota Yaris when he struck Knowles. A witness told investigators they saw Watkins speeding before the crash.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Responding officers noted that Watkins had bloodshot, glassy eyes and smelled of alcohol. Although Watkins told officers he &#8220;felt safe to drive,&#8221; an arrest affidavit states he failed multiple field sobriety tests, showing signs of poor balance and involuntary eye movement.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Knowles\u2019 family describes her as a &#8220;beloved grandma&#8221; who was deeply involved in the community. She was well-known for teaching fitness classes tailored to elderly residents, dedicated to helping others maintain their health and mobility.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Watkins was booked into the Lew Sterrett Justice Center early Friday morning. The investigation revealed a previous DWI arrest involving Watkins in September 2024 by the Commerce Police Department.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">While Watkins initially refused a voluntary blood draw, a specimen was later obtained via a search warrant at Baylor Hospital. Those results are pending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information in this article is from the arrest affidavit for Watkins, the victim&#8217;s family and previous FOX 4 News coverage.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/dallas\/white-rock\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">White Rock<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/dallas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Carnell Louis Watkins III, 21 (Source: Dallas County) DALLAS &#8211; A 21-year-old Dallas man is in custody&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":676073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,6082,1596,7290,50,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,40196],"class_list":{"0":"post-676072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-county","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa","21":"tag-white-rock"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116278765175158138","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}