Five children and one adult were seriously and/or critically injured following a crash on Interstate 75 in Pasco County. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the driver was “tired and impaired.” Source.
The crash happened at around 2:15 in the morning on Monday, May 16, 2022. A twenty-six-year-old woman from Tampa driving a Buick Encore was impaired, tired, and decided to stop in the inside lanes while traveling southbound on I-75 near milepost 289. While stopped, her vehicle was hit from behind by a Chevy Tracker. The Buick was overturned while the Chevy rotated to the outside lane.
The driver of the Buick fled the scene to a nearby tree line, later returning after Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrived. She was arrested on charges of driving under the influence (DUI) with serious injury and leaving the scene of the crash.
The driver of the Chevy, a twenty-four-year-old woman from Philadelphia, was seriously injured. She had five children in her vehicle – a ten-year-old girl, and six-year-old girl, an eight-year-old girl, a six-year-old boy, and a one-year-old girl. The one-year-old suffered critical injuries, and the other children were all seriously injured.
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