MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — A 22-year-old man driving a stolen Ford Mustang led authorities on a chase late Wednesday before crashing into an Uber on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, killing the rideshare driver and a passenger.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened in the southbound lanes just before 11 p.m. on the bridge near the northern rest area. The resulting crash and investigation kept the lanes closed until 7 a.m. Thursday morning, thwarting a.m. traffic.

According to authorities, troopers responded to a request for assistance from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office regarding the stolen car. The driver rammed a HCSO patrol vehicle, then fled southbound on I-275 at high speeds.

The sheriff’s helicopter was able to follow the vehicle.

Upon reaching the Skyway Bridge, an FHP Trooper attempted to stop the Mustang. The driver collided with the FHP vehicle, continued southbound to the top of the bridge, turned around and rammed the FHP vehicle before continuing at high speed, traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of I-275.

The mustang collided head-on with a Dodge Caravan with four occupants. The collision killed the 33-year-old male Uber driver and a 52-year-old male passenger. 

The other two passengers, females aged 52 and 24 as well as the driver of the Mustang, suffered serious injuries and were all transported to area hospitals.

The passengers in the Uber are all from Ohio.

The trooper, 27-years-old and a two-year veteran of the FHP, suffered minor injuries and he was likewise transported to an area hospital.

The driver of the Mustang, 22-year-old Leosvany Arias Roman of Hialeah, is being charged with felony murder, vehicular homicide, aggravated fleeing and eluding involving death, driving while license suspended involving death and battery on a law enforcement officer.