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Mar 13, 2023

FHP: Wrong

A 21-year-old Spring Hill man was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after driving his car the wrong way on Interstate 75 in Sarasota and striking a semi-truck early Sunday.

The Florida Highway Patrol said Angel Eduardo Martinez was arrested after the crash near mile marker 208 north of Bee Ridge Road about 5 a.m. Sunday.

Martinez was driving south in the northbound inside travel lane of I-75 when he struck the right rear side of a tanker trailer, which was heading north on in the center northbound lane.

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The unidentified driver of the tanker, a 35-year-old Ruskin man, was uninjured. Martinez sustained minor injuries and was taken to the Sarasota County Jail.

The FHP report said the crash remains under investigation.

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