LUTZ, Fla. — A wrong-way driver was arrested for driving under the influence after he crashed nearly head-on into a car on the Veterans Expressway, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
It happened around 1:45 a.m. Thursday.
Troopers say the driver, 45-year-old Ramon Rivera of Kissimmee, Florida, was heading south in the northbound lanes at the time of the crash. The driver and passenger of the second car, a man and woman in their early 20s from Trinity, Florida, suffered serious injuries.
They were taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Rivera received minor injuries and was arrested for DUI involving serious injury, FHP said.
