Police officer, wrong-way driver die in high-speed Tampa crash Tampa officer dies in wrong-way crash By Bay News 9 staff | March 9, 2021 at 9:44 AM EST - Updated March 9 at 9:54 AM TAMPA, Fla. (BAY NEWS 9) - A police officer is dead after a wrong way driver struck his vehicle. The crash happened at around 1 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 275. Investigators said the other vehicle was driving the wrong way down the highway at a high rate of speed. The 25-year-old driver of that vehicle was also killed. Tampa Officer Jesse Madsen was 45 years old and had worked on the force for 16 years. An officer with the Tampa Police Dept. died when his vehicle was struck by another one going the wrong way on I-275 at a high rate of speed.