TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida Highway Patrol trooper made a heroic stop overnight, after intercepting a wrong-way driver on I-275 in Tampa.
At 3:50 a.m. on Sunday, the trooper was traveling in the southbound lanes of I-275 when he saw the headlights of a Kia Sportage coming toward him.
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That’s when the trooper hit the Kia, traveling northbound, at an angle on the rear driver’s side, according to an affidavit. However, the driver continued to travel north in the southbound lanes, despite the trooper’s activated lights and sirens, and attempt at a PIT maneuver.
The trooper’s vehicle was rear-ended by another car that was unable to stop in time…