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Impaired wrong-way driver arrested after crash in Plant City: FHP

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Published  December 25, 2024 11:20am EST
Plant City
FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • An impaired wrong-way driver was arrested after a crash on SR-39 in Plant City, according to FHP.
    • The crash happened on Wednesday and both drivers were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
    • FHP says 45-year-old Flor Tulia Perez Roblero had an alcohol level of 0.108, and she was later booked in the Hillsborough County Jail.

PLANT CITY, Fla. - An impaired wrong-way driver was arrested Wednesday morning after a crash on SR-39 in Plant City, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Investigators say that 45-year-old Flor Tulia Perez Roblero was heading south in the northbound lane when her Dodge Grand Caravan struck a Kia Sorento, driven by a 68-year-old Zephyrhills woman.

Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol.

It happened just north of Knights Griffin Rd. as SR-39 transitions to a divided highway.

The two vehicles nearly collided head-on, and both drivers were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Investigators later determined that Perez Roblero did not have a driver's license, and she was given a breathalyzer test.

Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol.

FHP says her alcohol level was 0.108, and she was later arrested and booked in the Hillsborough County Jail.

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