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CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla.<\/strong> – <\/span>A Bradenton woman is dead, and several others are injured after a wrong-way driver crashed into several vehicles on I-75.<\/p>

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What we know:<\/p>

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Dennis Lee Olson was arrested after crashing into several vehicles on I-75 around 1:13 a.m. Sunday morning.<\/p>

FHP said Olsen was traveling south (wrong way) in a Ford F150 in the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 around the 150-mile marker.<\/p>

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Three other vehicles were traveling north on northbound I-75. Olson crashed into two different vehicles, a Kia Optima and Honda CRV. After the collision, a fourth car, a Tesla Model 3, driven by a 19-year-old Sarasota woman collided with crash debris, sustaining minor injuries.<\/p>

All three people in the Kia Optima were transported to the hospital with serious injuries, including a 34-year-old Arcadia woman and two boys, a 12-year-old and 15-year-old.<\/p>

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The 21-year-old Bradenton woman that was driving the Honda CRV was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>

The wrong-way driver, identified as Dennis Lee Olson, 53, of Sarasota, sustained non-incapacitating injuries and was transported to the area hospital.<\/p>

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Once he was released, troopers placed Olson under arrest for vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter.<\/p>

Olson was booked into the Charlotte County Jail.<\/p>

What we don’t know:<\/p>

It is unclear if more charges are to come.<\/p>

This is a developing story; the crash remains under investigation. Updates will be released once they become available.<\/p>

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