2 injured, 1 critically, when allegedly drunk wrong-way driver Joel Padilla, 32, causes 3-vehicle crash on SR 417 in Orange County, Florida
Drunken wrong-way driver causes crash on SR 417, FHP says
According to troopers, Padilla was driving a 2003 Hummer south in the northbound lanes of SR 417 when he struck a 2015 Nissan four-door car head-on.
The driver of the Nissan, a 22-year-old Orlando man, was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with critical injuries, the FHP said. Padilla was not injured, troopers said.
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