Providence Road Incident

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On 10-14-2015, at approximately 1600 hours, I was notified by Sgt. E. Kelley, # 2154, of a traffic crash involving life threatening injuries. on Lumsden Road, east of Providence Road. The crash was reported via 911 at 1456 hours.

Upon my arrival to the scene at approximately 1645 hours, I observed the crash scene to be just east of Providence Road along the south side of Lumsden Road and at the east driveway entrance to the Brandon Centre South shopping plaza at 1945 W. Lumsden Rd, Brandon, Florida. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway only the outside eastbound traffic lane was closed to traffic by Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office patrol units. The driveway was closed to all pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Master Deputy Millovitch # 7044 had also responded to the scene and was originating the DHSMV Florida Crash Report (86200813). …show more content…

The driver of the motorcycle, Valerie Francesca Torres, was driving east on Lumsden Road at a high rate of speed. The driver of the Durango, Angel Luis Mendez, was driving west on Lumsden Road and made a left turn across the eastbound lanes of Lumsden Road towards the driveway entrance to 1945 W. Lumsden Road. (See interview for details) The driver of the motorcycle had been transported prior to my arrival.

After interviewing Mendez, I observed no indication of impairment or involvement of drugs or alcohol on behalf of the driver. I asked Mendez if he would submit to a voluntary blood draw and he said that he would. I then transported Mendez to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, (HCFR) Station #37 at 5602 Providence Road,

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