5 people killed in wrong-way crash on Florida expressway

Five people were killed in a head-on collision on Saturday by a man driving in the wrong direction, police in Florida said.

The crash occurred around 4:30 a.m. on the Palmetto Expressway. The wrong-way driver, identified as Maiky Simeon, 30, was driving a silver Infiniti sedan eastbound in the westbound lanes when he struck a gray Honda sedan, Florida Highway Patrol said.

All five people in the Honda, four women and a man, died at the scene, authorities said. Simeon was hospitalized with serious injuries.

A Florida Highway Patrol spokesman declined to name the victims, all aged 18 to 25. He said a criminal investigation had been launched.

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