TAMPA, FL (WFLA) – Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a wrong-way crash that happened just after 9 p.m. Wednesday on Memorial Highway, north of I-275 near Tampa International Airport.
FHP Public Information Officer Steve Gaskins reported that an elderly woman was driving a Toyota Corolla southbound in the northbound lanes on Memorial Hwy when she crashed into a Ford Explorer. There were four people in the SUV. All five people involved in the crash were transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital with minor injuries, according to Gaskins.
Gaskins told News Channel 8’s Josh Benson that the investigation is ongoing and that charges are pending. Stay with WFLA.com for the latest on this developing story.