Bradenton man charged in wrong-way crash on St. Petersburg highway

A 28-year-old Bradenton man faces multiple charges, including DUI, after troopers say he caused a wrong-way crash on a St. Petersburgh highway that injured a woman.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Thiago Dos Santos was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 175 about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, approaching the southbound exit ramp of I-275, and drove head on into the other driver, a 40-year-old St. Petersburg woman.

Troopers say Santos ran away from the crash scene. Law enforcement located him a short time later in the 800 block of Sixth Avenue South in St. Petersburg and he was taken into custody.

Santos was booked into the Pinellas County jail and charged with DUI, reckless driving, leaving the scene of a crash with injury and driving in the wrong direction.