Wrong-way DUI driver causes multi-vehicle crash shutting down westbound I-4 for hours: FHP
SEFFNER, Fla. - Update (Jan. 2025): The case against Arda Sengun has been adjudicated through the court system. Mr. Sengun entered a plea agreement with prosecutors, which resulted in some initial charges being dismissed or reduced to lesser charges, according to online court records. As part of the plea agreement, Mr. Sengun agreed to probation, community service, continuing education, a year suspension of his license, among other requirements.
A suspected drunk driver is accused of causing a multi-vehicle crash early Friday morning that shut down the westbound lanes of Interstate 4.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a driver traveling the wrong way on I-4 around 3:45 a.m. slammed into a Mercedes traveling westbound near McIntosh Road in Seffner.
Troopers say a pickup truck traveling westbound hit the brakes to avoid the collision and was struck in the rear by a flatbed truck.
The crash closed westbound lanes of I-4 on Friday morning.
This collision caused the pickup to rotate onto the outside shoulder where it collided with a parked tractor-trailer, according to FHP. Post-collision, the flatbed truck overturned trapping the driver.
The driver of the wrong-way vehicle, Arda Sengun, 22, of Sarasota was arrested for DUI with serious bodily injury with a blood alcohol content of 0.187
The three other drivers were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
I-4 westbound wass closed at exit 14 from McIntosh Road to exit 10, which is Mango Road for several hours Friday morning, but has since reopened.