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Wrong way driver arrested in connection to fatal crash

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SARASOTA – The Florida Highway Patrol arrested 37-year-old Olivia Hernandez of Punta Gorda in connection to a wrong way crash that happened last December on I-75.

Troopers say a toxicology examination determined Hernandez’s blood alcohol levels that night was .133%

We first reported the crash that killed a 21-year-old driver and injured a 16-year-old passenger back on December 15th.

Investigators say Hernandez was driving south in the northbound lanes of I-75, near the Jacaranda exit when she hit the 21-year-old’s car.

Hernandez was arrested earlier today and is facing charges of DUI manslaughter.