A single-vehicle crash occurred on Thursday, March 19, around 2:35 AM, on Eloise Loop Road near Eloise Oaks Drive in southeast Winter Haven. A 2023 Kia Sportage struck a tree and a fence before the driver fled the scene.
Deputies located 33-year-old Jessica Lee Lawson of Winter Haven walking about 1,000 feet from the crash. She showed signs of intoxication and admitted to drinking beer and tequila. A field sobriety test was administered, and she was arrested and taken to the Sheriff’s Processing Center, where breath tests showed levels of 0.19 and 0.18. Lawson was charged with DUI over .15 (M1) and Leaving the Scene of a Crash with Property Damage (M2)…