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Florida Highway Patrol arrested a Lake County man on charges of DUI manslaughter after two people were killed in a crash Friday night.Seenarine Hardeo, 50, of Groveland, is facing two counts of DUI manslaughter, a second-degree felony, after a crash that happened around 7 p.m. on State Road 33 in Lake County.Troopers said a 2009 Mini Cooper driven by Hardeo northbound on SR-33 traveled into the southbound lane and collided with a semi-truck north of Swamp Drive. The impact caused the semi-truck to veer into the northbound lanes and into the path of a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. The front of the semi-truck collided with the front left of the Chevy pickup, causing both vehicles to run off the roadway and the semi-truck to overturn.The semi-truck’s driver was transported to South Lake Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.FHP said the Chevy’s driver, a 22-year-old Frostproof man, and his passenger, an 18-year-old Tallahassee woman, were pronounced dead at the scene.Lake County court records show that Hardeo pleaded no contest to charges of felony DUI and driving with a suspended license in 2007. Documents in that case link several other DUI incidents that occurred in New York in the early 2000s that led to Hardeo’s license being revoked. Hardeo was not injured in the crash. He was booked into the Lake County Jail Friday night, where he is being held without bond.
Florida Highway Patrol arrested a Lake County man on charges of DUI manslaughter after two people were killed in a crash Friday night.
Seenarine Hardeo, 50, of Groveland, is facing two counts of DUI manslaughter, a second-degree felony, after a crash that happened around 7 p.m. on State Road 33 in Lake County.
Troopers said a 2009 Mini Cooper driven by Hardeo northbound on SR-33 traveled into the southbound lane and collided with a semi-truck north of Swamp Drive. The impact caused the semi-truck to veer into the northbound lanes and into the path of a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. The front of the semi-truck collided with the front left of the Chevy pickup, causing both vehicles to run off the roadway and the semi-truck to overturn.
The semi-truck’s driver was transported to South Lake Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
FHP said the Chevy’s driver, a 22-year-old Frostproof man, and his passenger, an 18-year-old Tallahassee woman, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Lake County court records show that Hardeo pleaded no contest to charges of felony DUI and driving with a suspended license in 2007. Documents in that case link several other DUI incidents that occurred in New York in the early 2000s that led to Hardeo’s license being revoked.
Hardeo was not injured in the crash. He was booked into the Lake County Jail Friday night, where he is being held without bond.
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