Investigation clears Collier Co. deputy who stopped woman hours before deadly wrong-way I-75 crash

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said an internal investigation found no policy violations regarding a traffic stop conducted by a deputy on a woman hours before she was arrested for a deadly wrong-way DUI crash on Interstate 75.

Collier County Deputy Eric Pellegrino stopped Genise Taylor, 24, for traveling at 71 mph in a 45-mph zone along US-41 before the crash that killed Arthur Gilbert, 96, on March 18 at approximately 4:18 a.m…

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