Two Women Seriously Injured in DUI Crash After Fleeing From Traffic Stop in St. Petersburg

Two Women Seriously Injured in DUI Crash After Fleeing From Traffic Stop in St. Petersburg

Just before 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 16, 2018, an officer attempted a traffic stop on a Mercedes SUV at 9th Avenue South and 18th Street South.

The SUV fled from the officer and crashed into a parked unoccupied car, and flipped, a few blocks away at Langdon Ave South and Jordan Park Street South.

The passenger, 32 year-old Tezra Alston of St. Petersburg, was ejected. She is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

The driver, 47 year-old Michelle Gibson of St. Petersburg, was arrested for DUI crash with serious injuries, and fleeing and eluding.

Police say that the SUV is registered to Alston, but both women had revoked licenses