Who:
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
Patrol Operations Bureau
-Major Accident Investigation Team

Ithiphon Lertprotsombat (Uninjured Driver)
DOB: 3/14/2000
Address: 5442 60^th Way N St Petersburg
Vehicle: 2009 Mazda 5

Jana Mrkaja (Injured Driver)
Hire Date 08/08/16
Vehicle: 2011 Ford Fusion (Agency Unmarked Vehicle)

Michele Curd (Injured Passenger)
Hire Date 08/01/16
Vehicle: 2011 Ford Fusion (Agency Unmarked Vehicle)

Tiffany Tury
Hire Date 1/27/2014 (Injured Passenger)
Vehicle: 2011 Ford Fusion (Agency Unmarked Vehicle)

Jennifer Seaman (Injured Driver)
DOB: 5/04/1965
12261 93^rd Court Seminole
Vehicle: 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe

What:
Deputies assigned to the Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.) are investigating a three-vehicle crash involving three Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Child Protective Service Investigators in Largo.

When:
The crash occurred at approximately 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2017.  

Where:
The crash occurred on Ulmerton Road and Coral Way in Unincorporated Largo. 

Why/How:
Deputies assigned to the Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.) are investigating a three-vehicle crash involving three Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Child Protection Investigators in Largo 

According to investigators, at approximately 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Child Investigator Jana Mrkaja was driving an agency unmarked Ford Fusion east bound on Ulmerton Road in the median lane when her agency vehicle was struck on the passenger side by the Mazda changing lanes driven by 17-year old Ithiphon Lertprotsombat also traveling eastbound on Ulmerton Road.

The impact also caused the Ford Fusion to strike the Hyundai Santa Fe driven by 52-year old Jennifer Seaman who was in the left turn lane for Coral Way.

The Ford Fusion finally came to a stop in the west bound lanes of Ulmerton Road facing east bound.

The driver of the Santa Fe, Jennifer Seaman was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the Ford Fusion, Pinellas County Child Protection Investigator Jana Mrkaja and her passengers, Child Protection Investigators Michelle Curd and Tiffany Tury, also were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the Mazda, Ithiphon Lertprotsombat was not injured during the crash.

It does not appear speed nor drug/alcohol impairment were factors in the crash.

The investigation continues.