Driver Charged With DUI Manslaughter In July I-75 Crash That Killed 4: FHP

SARASOTA, FL — After a two-months long investigation, the driver responsible for a fatal July crash that killed four men changing a tire on I-75 was arrested Tuesday, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.

The driver, Tashae Chinecia Carter, has been charged with four counts of DUI manslaughter and two counts of DUI property damage, FHP said. She was brought to Sarasota County Jail.

The July 15 crash happened on I-75 south at mile marker 209, near Fruitville Road, just before 10 p.m.

A pick-up truck with a towing trailer was unoccupied and stopped on the inside I-75 paved shoulder because of a flat trailer tire on the right side, the FHP said in July. Seven men who had been in the truck were standing outside the truck to help with the tire change.

A car traveling southbound on I-75 veered from the highway into the shoulder, hitting the pick-up truck and striking and killing four of the men, FHP said.

The three other men — a 21-year-old and a 19-year-old from Ft. Myers and a 22-year-old from Hialeah — weren't hit and were uninjured in the crash.

At the time, the driver of the car was described as a 34-year-old woman from Lakeland. She and her passenger, a 32-year-old man, also from Lakeland, were uninjured in the crash, FHP said.