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A Florida driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 4 near Tampa early Friday morning has been arrested. Arda Sengun, 22, of Sarasota, was taken into custody on a charge of driving under the influence with serious bodily injury, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The wrong-way driver crashed into a Mercedes car, causing a chain reaction crash involving multiple vehicles. The driver and three others involved in the crash were rushed to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. The incident resulted in the closure of all westbound lanes in the area. In a separate incident, another driver was caught traveling the wrong way on I-4 near downtown Orlando, resulting in a collision with a trooper’s patrol vehicle. Both the trooper and the driver suffered minor injuries. FOX 35 Orlando reported
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Wrong-way DUI driver causes crash on I-4: FHP
A motorist from Florida was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol after driving the wrong way on Interstate 4 near Tampa early Friday morning. Arda Sengun, a 22-year-old resident of Sarasota, was taken into custody on charges of driving under the influence with serious bodily injury.
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According to authorities, a driver from Florida was arrested after traveling in the wrong direction on Interstate 4 near Tampa on Friday morning.
The Florida Highway Patrol reported that Arda Sengun, a 22-year-old individual from Sarasota, was apprehended on charges of driving under the influence with serious bodily injury.
At approximately 3:40 a.m., the Tampa Bay Regional Communications Center received a call about a motorist traveling the wrong way in the westbound lanes of I-4 at mile marker 10 in Seffner. Just five minutes later, the wrong-way driver collided with a westbound Mercedes car at mile marker 12.
A pickup truck traveling westbound managed to avoid the collision by abruptly stopping, but it was rear-ended by a flat-bed truck.
As a result, the flat-bed truck overturned, trapping its driver, while the pickup truck collided with a parked semi along the shoulder, as confirmed by the Florida Highway Patrol.
The wrong-way driver was arrested, and the three other drivers involved in the incident were hurried to local hospitals with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
All westbound lanes in the area are currently closed.
Woman drove wrong way on I-4: FHP
While motorists were traveling along Interstate 4 near downtown Orlando on Monday night, another driver managed to drive at least 8 miles in the wrong direction before clipping a Florida trooper’s patrol vehicle.
Earlier this week, law enforcement officers apprehended another driver who was traveling in the wrong direction on I-4. The incident occurred on Monday night near downtown Orlando.
In an effort to prevent the driver from potentially colliding with other vehicles, a trooper made the brave decision to intentionally crash into the wrong-way driver’s car.
Both the trooper and the driver, identified as a 48-year-old woman from Arizona, sustained minor injuries.
According to troopers, the woman managed to travel in the wrong direction for at least eight miles within a span of 15 minutes.
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