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PINELLAS COUNTY, FL – A multi-vehicle wrong-way crash on I-275 South ended in a driver’s arrest and sent a man to a hospital last Sunday, Jan 5. 

According to ABC Action News, the collision happened when the wrong-way driver, identified as 49-year-old Rontonio Scott, drove north on I-275 South and then hit another vehicle. Once these vehicles collided, one of them collided with three others on the road. 

Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene and confirmed that Scott had a significant blood alcohol content level and arrested him. EMS crews transported one man to a nearby medical facility for treatment of pelvis, femur, liver, and ankle injuries and for surgery to remove his spleen. 

TAMPA, FL – A Ford Mustang driver tried to merge into another lane on Veterans Expressway, leading to a crash with a Tesla Model 3 and injuring both motorists Tuesday. 

According to FOX 13 News, this collision happened before 6 a.m. on the southbound lanes near the exit to Waters Avenue. The Mustang driver hit a barrier wall prior to striking the moving Tesla. Ambulance crews took the Tesla motorist, a 35-year-old man, and the Mustang driver, a 58-year-old man, a Spring Hill resident, to the hospital for treatment of minor wounds. 

Crews shut down all southbound lanes to accommodate the scene clearance process and later reopened the area. 

TAMPA, FL – As of Thursday night, Tampa police confirmed they arrested a man responsible for a four-vehicle crash in Terrace Park that claimed the life of a 26-year-old woman last Friday, Jan 3. 

Police identified the man as 67-year-old Gary Manist, according to the Tampa Bay Times. 

Officers said Manist was driving 100 mph on southbound McKinley Drive when he (driving a Dodge Ram 2500) struck the driver of the Kia Sorento, the 26-year-old woman, later identified as Paige Howard, from Tarpon Springs, turning left onto Bougainvillea Avenue. 

TAMPA, FL – As of Monday night, police confirmed that it was a 26-year-old woman, a mother of four children, who died in a Friday morning four-vehicle wreck in Terrace Park. 

New details from ABC Action News show that the woman was 26-year-old Paige Howard. Updated information indicates that around 10:15 a.m., a driver of a Dodge Ram struck Howard on southbound McKinley Drive as she was making a left turn from East Bougainvillea Avenue, south of the University of Florida. 

Once the driver of the Dodge (accompanied by a passenger) collided with Howard, a motorist of the third vehicle, a man (the only occupant) saw what unfolded and did his best to avoid this crash, drifting before crashing into a wooded area. Debris from the wreck had scattered onto the road and struck a fourth-moving vehicle. 

TAMPA, FL – Three people were sent to a nearby hospital, and one woman in her 20s passed away after a four-vehicle collision south of University of Florida Friday. 

The accident was reported before 10:15 a.m. and took place at the intersection of E Bougainvillea Ave and McKinley Drive, according to ABC Action News. The specifics of this crash remain unclear. However, officials did confirm that the third driver tried to avoid the initial collision between the two first cars but ended up plowing into a wooded area as a result, while the fourth car was struck by debris from the wreck. 

Police confirmed that two out of the four vehicles were a Kia Sorento and a Dodge Ram. 

BROOKSVILLE, FL – Authorities are investigating a wrong-way collision Wednesday morning in Brooksville that resulted in the death of a 44-year-old man, according to FOX 13 News.

The fatal crash took place on the northbound side of U.S. Route 41 at Sgt. Lea Mills Boulevard.

Investigators found that a 32-year-old man from Groveland was driving a Toyota Tacoma against traffic when the vehicle collided with a Dodge Ram traveling northbound.

TAMPA, FL – A man was left pinned inside his pickup truck after being rear-ended by a DUI suspect Monday morning in northwest Tampa, according to WTSP.

Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene on Waters Avenue at around 2:43 a.m.

Officials said the suspect, 33, appeared to be under the influence when he crashed his vehicle into the back of the victim’s Dodge Ram pickup truck. The high-speed collision sent the pickup into a tree, leaving the victim with serious injuries to one of his lower legs. He was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital in stable condition.

TAMPA, FL –  A sedan was pushed into Plant High School’s outside bleachers after its driver collided with another vehicle, which injured and sent a woman to a hospital Wednesday. 

This collision happened at 1 p.m. on the 2400th block of South Himes Avenue, according to FOX 13 News. The woman who was injured was sent to a hospital where she was listed in stable condition. 

The school’s principal, Heather Holloway, confirmed that a third driver, one of the students, was also hit by one of the vehicles while driving her car in the parking lot. Holloway said the student was okay but did not specify if she was injured or if she was sent to a hospital.