Woman Charged With DUI Manslaughter In I-75 Wrong-Way Crash: FHP

Sarasota FL

04 March, 2021

4:30 PM

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SARASOTA COUNTY, FL — A 37-year-old Punta Gorda woman has been charged with DUI manslaughter in a Dec. 14 wrong-way crash on I-75 in Venice that left a 21-year-old dead, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release. Troopers say Olivia Hernandez was driving her SUV south in the northbound lanes of I-75 near Jacaranda Boulevard and Laurel Road around 10:40 p.m. when she hit another car. The driver of the other car, a 21-year-old man from Lauderdale Lakes, was killed in the crash, which seriously injured his passenger, a 16-year-old girl from Pembroke Pines, FHP said. Like what you're reading? Invite a friend to subscribe to free Sarasota newsletters and real-time email alerts. A toxicology examination found that Hernandez's blood alcohol concentration level to be a .133 that night. In addition to DUI manslaughter, Hernandez also faces charges of DUI serious bodily injury and DUI property damage. She was booked into Sarasota County Jail Thursday.