Critical Injuries In 3-Vehicle I-75 Crash

BRANDON, FL — The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a Sunday evening crash on Interstate 75 in Manatee County that left three people from the Brandon area in critical condition. Several other people were injured in the three-vehicle collision.

According to the patrol, Steve Boyce, 19, of Brandon was driving a Kia Sportage northbound on I-75 around 7:30 p.m. July 9. As Boyce’s Kia neared mile marker 219, troopers say he “made an improper lane change” and hit a Nissan Frontier driven by Brenda De Amicis Boisvert, 20, of Quartz Hill, California.

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The Frontier was pushed into a third vehicle, a Hyundai Vera Cruz, driven by Lisa Guastella, 55, of Auburndale. Troopers say Boyce’s Kia overturned and ejected two people; one onto the road and the other onto the shoulder.

Boyce and two of his passengers, Michelle Enriquez, 18, of Riverview, and Austin Keenan, 20, of Brandon suffered critical injuries and were taken to a hospital in Manatee County, a highway patrol report said. Two other people in the Kia suffered minor injuries.

Boisvert suffered minor injuries in the crash, the patrol report said. Guastella and her two passengers were not injured.

The crash remains under investigation with charges pending its outcome. Further information is not being released at this time.

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Photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol