A Chiefland man is charged with driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident with serious injuries, and driving without a license in a crash that occurred on U.S. Highway 27A and Northeast 145th Avenue on Saturday at 3:10 p.m.

It was the second serious accident in Levy County in as many days.

Sally Herrington, 63, of Summerfield, hospitalized with serious injuries at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida was one of five persons injured in the wreck.

Others injured in the crash were:

Chris Franzen, 38, of Summerfield, minor injuries;

Danielle Franzen, 14, of Summerfield, minor injuries;

Gorge Alonzo, 29, of Morriston, minor injuries; and

Abel X. Mixtega, 25, of Chiefland, minor injuries.

Mixtega was driving a 1992 Toyota , weaving from lane to lane, according to the report by the Florida Highway Patrol, when his eastbound vehicle crossed from the outside lane to the inside lane and collided with the 2005 Chrysler driven by Herrington and knocked it off the road and causing it to overturn.

Mixtega was apprehended as he tried to leave the scene and refused a breath test, according to the FHP report by Trooper J.T. Clark. He was taken to the Lev County Jail.

Mixtega and his passenger, Alonzo, were not wearing seat belts at the time.

Herrington and both Franzens, passengers in her vehicle, were wearing seat belts.

An accident on Friday, charges are pending in an investigation into an accident where a the side mirror on a pickup truck driven by an 18-year-old Williston man struck a jogger on U.S. 27A/State Road 500 near Bronson town limits.

Carrie L. Cates, 39, was hospitalized in critical condition at Shands after the accident occurred at about 7 a.m. Friday, according to the FHP report.

Edward C. Hodge was driving a 2008 Ford pickup in the outside lane when he veered off the road and onto the paved shoulder and the passenger side mirror struck Cates who was wearing a reflective vest and carrying a flashlight as she jogged.

Hodge, who was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, was tested for blood alcohol content.