HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 An Apopka man was arrested in Hillsborough County after allegedly driving recklessly and causing a crash with a motorcycle on I-4.<\/p>\n
Preston Nascimento, 22, was arrested on Saturday night on I-4 in the Plant City area.<\/p>\n
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper said Nascimento\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n
The trooper said that when Nascimento\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n
The trooper arrested Nascimento on charges of reckless driving involving serious bodily injury. Nascimento was able to bond out of jail.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
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