MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN SARASOTA ACCIDENT

A SARASOTA MAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT SUNDAY EVENING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 22 YEAR OLD WILLIAM GUTTENTAG WAS SOUTHBOUND ON NORTH LOCKWOOD RIDGE ROAD IN THE INSIDE LANE JUST BEFORE 6:45PM.  HE TRIED TO AVOID A CAR DRIVEN BY 22 YEAR OLD JOSHUA VALENTE IN FRONT OF HIM BUT COULD NOT AND SIDESWIPED HIM.  AFTER IMPACT, GUTTENTAG’S LEXUS HIT THREE OTHER VEHICLES, INCLUDING ONE THAT WAS PARKED IN THE APPLEGATE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND A FENCE, WHICH CAUSED HIS CAR TO OVERTURN.  GUTTENTAG, WHO WAS THE ONLY ONE INJURED, WAS BAYFLITED TO BAYFRONT MEDICAL CENTER IN ST. PETERSBURG IN SERIOUS CONDITION.  TROOPERS SAY THAT ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR AND CHARGES ARE PENDING THE COMPLETION OF THEIR INVESTIGATION.