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RIVERVIEW, Fla. (WFLA) — A 27-year-old Wimauma man is behind bars after the Florida Highway Patrol said he went the wrong way down I-75 and struck another car head-on.
Troopers responded to the scene at around 3 a.m. on August 7, after reports came in of a dark SUV traveling south in the northbound lanes near mile marker 250.
Shortly after the reports came in, the SUV, a Chevy Traverse, collided head-on with another driver, an arrest affidavit said.
The Chevy had serious damage to the front left corner and the driver’s side, and both driver-side wheels were destroyed. The trooper wrote in the arrest report that they could tell the car was still on and in drive because the front-left axle was still spinning.
The driver was identified as 27-year-old Ceasar Aguirre Jr., and a witness confirmed he was the only person in the car at the time of the crash.
The car he struck, a Honda Accord, had sustained damage to the front-driver’s side, and the Bradenton man driving suffered non-life-threatening injuries, FHP said.
When the trooper spoke with Aguirre, he noted bloodshot, glossy eyes and the smell of alcohol on his breath.
Aguirre first claimed his brother was the one driving, but ran off, and later said it was his wife who was driving, but also ran off.
He told law enforcement that he was coming from a Bradenton restaurant, but couldn’t remember which one, and had been drinking, but couldn’t remember how much. He refused field sobriety and breath tests, the trooper wrote in the affidavit.
Aguirre was arrested and booked into the Hillsborough County Jail later Friday morning. He was charged with DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to testing.
Source : WFLA
(Credit : NBC News)
