Reporter: Maddie Herron Writer: Tim Belizaire
•3/20/2026

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) — A 24-year-old woman accused of DUI manslaughter, leaving a 96-year-old Naples man dead, was pulled over earlier that night, the Collier County Sheriff's Office said.
CCSO told WINK News there is an active internal investigation and that no further information is available at this time.
WINK News reporter Maddie Herron asked CCSO:
CCSO responded saying, "Maddie, We are unable to release any details about the traffic stop at this time due to the active internal investigation. As soon as that information is releasable, we will forward it to you."
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Genise Taylor was driving northbound on the southbound lanes of I-75 on Immokalee Road early Wednesday morning.
Authorities said Taylor then collided with two vehicles, critically injuring a 96-year-old Naples man and causing non-incapacitating injuries to a 57-year-old man from New Hampshire.
Taylor remains in Collier County Jail.
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