RIVERVIEW, Fla. (WFLA) — A 27-year-old Wimauma man is behind bars after the Florida Highway Patrol said he went the wrong way down I-75 and struck another car head-on.
Troopers responded to the scene at around 3 a.m. on August 7, after reports came in of a dark SUV traveling south in the northbound lanes near mile marker 250.
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Shortly after the reports came in, the SUV, a Chevy Traverse, collided head-on with another driver, an arrest affidavit said.
The Chevy had serious damage to the front left corner and the driver’s side, and both driver-side wheels were destroyed. The trooper wrote in the arrest report that they could tell the car was still on and in drive because the front-left axle was still spinning.
The driver was identified as 27-year-old Ceasar Aguirre Jr., and a witness confirmed he was the only person in the car at the time of the crash…