From the Florida Highway Patrol
On September 21, 2023, at 6:34 am, a fatal traffic crash occurred on Interstate 75, at the 150-mile marker in Charlotte County.
A 2022 Ford Mustang was traveling south on Interstate 75 on the center lane and a 2018 Dodge Challenger was traveling south on Interstate 75 on the left lane. Both the Ford and Dodge were traveling at a high rate of speed.
The left side rear portion of the Ford collided with the right front side of the Dodge. Post-collision, the Ford traveled off the roadway, collided with a tree, and overturned. Post-collision, the Dodge traveled off the roadway and collided with a tree.
The driver of the Dodge was pronounced deceased on the scene.
An exhaustive criminal investigation revealed both the Ford and the Dodge were traveling at speeds more than 100 mph at the time of the collision. On December 13, 2023, the Florida Highway Patrol arrested the driver of the Ford, Mason Gregory Jeter, age 20, of Arcadia, for Vehicular Homicide and booked him into the Charlotte County Jail.
FLORIDA STATUTE:
782.071 Vehicular homicide.—“Vehicular homicide” is the killing of a human being, or the killing of an unborn child by any injury to the mother, caused by the operation of a motor vehicle by another in a reckless manner likely to cause the death of, or great bodily harm to, another.
(1) Vehicular homicide is:
(a) A felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
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