HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A driver was arrested early Sunday morning after deputies said he drove into an active fatal crash scene while impaired on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO).
Deputies were investigating a traffic fatality around 3 a.m. near North 43rd Street when 29-year-old Leela Padileti drove a Kia Sportage onto the sidewalk and ignored marked patrol cars with emergency lights blocking the roadway, HCSO said.
Deputies said the vehicle entered the active crime scene before Padileti was boxed in by law enforcement.
HCSO said Padileti, who was shown on posted body camera footage telling deputies he was coming from St. Petersburg, failed field sobriety exercises and was arrested on a DUI charge.
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