A 23-year-old driver is facing a DUI charge after troopers say his Ford F-150 hit a guardrail on State Road 417 in Orange County and set off a chain reaction of additional crashes early Sunday. Aden Martinez was later found in the middle of a physical altercation with the man he said was his father, who appeared to be trying to hold him back while he was aggressive, yelling, and visibly intoxicated, according to the report.
Fox 35 Orlando reports the initial crash happened around 12:30 a.m. Sunday near Mile Marker 30 on northbound SR 417, when the blue F-150 reportedly lost control on the wet roadway and struck a guardrail. Both outlets agree that the crash triggered multiple subsequent collisions involving other vehicles, though neither has released details on the drivers or damage involved in those additional wrecks.
Troopers Found Martinez Being Restrained by His Father
Officers arrived around 1:15 a.m. and walked into a disturbance involving Martinez and a man who identified himself as Martinez's father, the Fox 35 report states. An officer reported observing the father restraining Martinez, who was described as aggressive, yelling, and appearing intoxicated. A bystander also told troopers that Martinez had been involved in a physical altercation, according to the seed report from WKMG.
Troopers said they noticed signs of intoxication while speaking with Martinez. When officers tried to place him in a patrol car, he reportedly became physical, resisting efforts to secure him before he was ultimately handcuffed. Orange County Fire Rescue evaluated him for minor lacerations sustained during the altercation, the same Fox 35 account notes.
Breath Tests Showed More Than Double the Legal Limit
After troopers read Martinez his Miranda rights, he reportedly refused to continue talking, per the WKMG report. He later told troopers he lost control of the truck because of the wet roadway. At the Orange County Breath Testing Center, Martinez provided two breath samples registering 0.205 and 0.201 — more than double Florida's legal threshold of 0.08 grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood under Florida Statute Section 316.193.
Troopers transported Martinez to a hospital for evaluation before he was taken to the Orange County Jail, according to WKMG. A separate account from the station's report states he was taken to HCA Millenia Hospital for medical clearance before being transported to jail. Martinez is now facing a charge of DUI with property damage or personal injury and is being held on a $1,000 bond, per the same account. Florida law classifies that offense as a first-degree misdemeanor, and state statute sets a fine of $1,000 to $2,000 plus up to nine months in jail for a first conviction involving a breath- or blood-alcohol level of 0.15 or higher.
A Busy Year for Crashes on Central Florida Roads
The wreck adds to a grim tally for Orange County, which recorded 24,833 crashes in 2025 — nearly half of all crashes across the nine-county Central Florida region — and 162 total fatalities, the highest of any county analyzed, according to WESH. Across the region, overall crash totals actually fell from 70,325 in 2024 to 67,547 in 2025, but fatal crashes remained virtually unchanged, the station reports.
That data also shows 131 pedestrians and 144 motorcyclists killed across Central Florida in 2025, even as motorcycle crashes declined overall. WESH notes that, on average, about one person died every day in 2025 in car-related incidents on Central Florida roads. Additional details surrounding the initial collision and the other crashes it triggered have not been released.
