1 arrested after Seminole County hit-and-run crash shuts down I-4 lanes, troopers say
Edwin Gabriel Amaya Reyes.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - One man is in custody after troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said he fled the scene of a crash that left another driver hospitalized in critical condition.
Troopers were dispatched out to I4 westbound near mile marker 104 just before 10 p.m. for calls of a crash involving a Nissan Altima and a motorcycle.
After speaking with witnesses, officials gathered that the driver of the Altima, 30-year-old Edwin Amaya Reyes, rear-ended the motorcycle at a high speed as the motorcycle was on the shoulder. Reyes and a passenger of the Altima then fled the scene on foot, according to troopers.
Officials were later able to deploy a drone in the area and located Reyes hiding in a nearby wooded area. In speaking with Reyes, officials noted his story to be inconsistent with that of the evidence of the crash and also believed he was under the influence.
Reyes later blew a .215 in a breathalyzer test, according to an arrest report.
Reyes was arrested on charges of DUI and serious bodily injury to another, driving without a license causing death or serious injury and failure to stop/remain at a crash.
According to the report, the victim in the crash was transported to the hospital in critical condition.