One Plant City woman is hospitalized after she crashed, head-on, into another vehicle early this morning, on Interstate 275, in St. Petersburg.
According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, Jessica Lauren Hicks, 21, of Plant City, was traveling northbound on I-275 in the southbound inside lane, north of Fourth Street North. It is unknown where Hicks entered the highway.
Jon Zimmerman, 29, of Morton, Ill., was traveling southbound and saw Hicks driving toward him. Zimmerman steered to the right to avoid a collision but was unsuccessful.
Hicks, in a 2012 Scion compact, collided with Zimmerman’s 2013 Nissan sedan. Post-impact, Zimmerman’s vehicle rotated clockwise, traveled onto the shoulder of the roadway and collided with a chain-link fence. Hicks’ vehicle traveled onto the outside grass shoulder and came to final rest.
Both drivers were taken to Bayfront Medical Center, in St. Petersburg.
FHP officials still are investigating and have not stated whether alcohol was a factor in this crash.
