Drunk driver collides head-on with trooper’s vehicle on Sunshine Skyway Bridge

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Two people were injured in a head-on collision on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Sunday, according to WESH.

Kristen Kay Watts, 52, was driving a BMW at excessive speeds on I-275 when she drove through a road closure put in place for a 10 K race on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

Police intervened and she crashed head-on into a patrol vehicle. First responders transported Watts and the trooper to an area hospital with serious injuries.

Watts has been charged with DUI serious injury.

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