Driver Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on I-275 in St. Pete
Investigators say Constantine Nicholas Chaconas, 26, of Palm Harbor, was headed the wrong way on Interstate 275 in St. Petersburg when he got into a deadly rollover crash Sunday night.
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A 26-year-old Palm Harbor man was killed in a traffic crash Sunday night as he was driving the wrong way on Interstate 275 in St. Petersburg, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Investigators say Constantine Nicholas Chaconas was driving northbound in a southbound lane of 275 approaching the 22nd Avenue North exit ramp around 10 p.m. Sunday when he collided with a Toyota Solara headed in the opposite direction.
Chaconas' car, a 1991 Infiniti M30, struck the left front of the Toyota, started sliding onto the median shoulder and eventually rolled over onto its roof, the FHP reports. Chaconas suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.
The driver of the Toyota, 73-year-old Eugene Daniel Liddy of Sarasota, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Bayfront Medical Center, according to the highway patrol.
The incident is still under investigation.
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SHIRLEY FRALEY
9:46 am on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
the LORD WAS WITH US AND SAVED US FROM THIS WRONG WAY DRIVER BEFORE HE HIT THIS OTHER DRIVER AND WRECK AND TURED OVER THANK GOD FOR OURS LIFES WE SEED HIM COMING AROUND THE CRUVE JUST MISSED US WE HAD A SECOND TO GET OVER IN NEXT LANE THANK GOD BUT WE PRAYED FOR THE ONES THAT THEY HIT WE PRAYED AND PRAYING WE PRAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
SHIRLEY FRALEY
9:56 am on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
i payed for the people that was the wreck we about got hit before he hit guy mr.liddy we were very lucky and very thankfull to GOD that we were able to move over when we scend that he was going to hit us head on we prayed for who he was going to hit because he was still coming past us and not stopping going the way our life was close to being out of here ang going to meet our maker the LORD JESUS CHRIST