- January 11, 2025
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A woman was arrested on DUI and child endangerment charges after she rear-ended a semi-truck on Interstate 95 near the State Road 100 exit on April 12, sending her 6-year-old to the hospital.
The Haines City woman was not seriously injured from the crash, according to her arrest report, but her son was injured and was taken to AdventHealth Palm Coast.
The crash happened at 11:30 p.m. as the woman was driving north on I-95 near mile marker 282.
At the scene of the crash, the woman told a Florida Highway Patrol officer that she was driving around 70 mph when she fell asleep at the wheel and rear-ended the semi-truck.
Her Honda SUV had heavy front-end damage, and, given the extent of the damage, the FHP officer wrote in his report that he believed she was actually going 85-90 mph.
The truck driver was uninjured and the trailer’s rear side had minor damage, the report said.
The woman also told the FHP officer that her 6-year-old was sitting in the rear, left-side seat, but because the back seat of the vehicle was full of household items, the officer wrote that he believed the child may have been in the front seat.
At the hospital, the officer conducted two breath tests which registered as .213 and .211 — almost three times the legal limit — more than two hours after the crash.
The woman has been charged with reckless driving, three DUI-related charges and felony child neglect. She was taken to the county jail.
