86-year-old arrested for DUI manslaughter in wrong-way I-75 crash

An 86-year-old man has been arrested for DUI manslaughter following a fatal wrong-way crash on Interstate 75 in Lee County last year, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Larry Wayne Farmer was booked into the Lee County Jail on Tuesday, July 29, after state troopers completed what they called an “exhaustive investigation” into the September 2024 crash.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Farmer was driving a Chevy Tahoe south in the northbound lanes of I-75 near mile marker 139 on September 29 of 2024 just before 9 p.m….

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