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

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Published  December 25, 2024 11:20am EST
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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 Flor Tulia Perez Roblero, 45, 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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