DUI arrest after stolen car hits tree, bursts into flames in Lehigh Acres

Writer: Derrick Shaw
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Tanya Feliciano. Credit: Lee County Sheriff’s Office

A woman was arrested after she drove a stolen car into a tree, causing it to burst into flames in Lehigh Acres on Thursday.

The crash happened at Joel Boulevard and East 18th Street. The Florida Highway Patrol says the woman behind the wheel, 50-year-old Tanya Feliciano of Lehigh Acres, was intoxicated. She faces four DUI charges as well as charges of grand theft, resisting an officer without violence, a probation violation, and driving with a suspended license.

The scene of the fiery crash at Joel Boulevard and East 18th Street. Credit: Florida Highway Patrol

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