HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – An Apopka man was arrested in Hillsborough County after allegedly driving recklessly and causing a crash with a motorcycle on I-4.
Preston Nascimento, 22, was arrested on Saturday night on I-4 in the Plant City area.
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A Florida Highway Patrol trooper said Nascimento’s Kia Seltos was one of two vehicles speeding on the highway, with one of them, a silver Toyota Camry, overtaking the trooper at nearly 100 mph.
The trooper said that when Nascimento’s Kia tried to do the same thing, it collided with a motorcyclist. The biker was thrown from the motorcycle and was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries.
The trooper arrested Nascimento on charges of reckless driving involving serious bodily injury. Nascimento was able to bond out of jail.
FHP is still looking for the driver of the silver Toyota Camry. If you have any information, you are asked to call them at *FHP (*347).