COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — At least one person was injured in a crash on Interstate 75 in Collier County on Thursday night, officials said. Deputies with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office and rescue crews with the Greater Naples Fire Rescue responded to the crash near mile marker 107 on southbound I-75 just after 11 p.m. The driver ran from the crash scene and was later found at a Chase Bank in the Crossroads Market Plaza not too far from the crash. He was taken into custody. A second person involved in the crash was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. It’s not...
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — At least one person was injured when a sport utility vehicle crashed into a canal in Lehigh Acres early Friday morning. Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol responded to the crash. NBC2 crews at the scene said the SUV that crashed into a canal near Sunshine Boulevard North and Nancy Drive was sinking into the water and had bubbles coming up from under the vehicle. The SUV was headed the wrong direction on Sunshine Boulevard before it ended up in the canal and at least one person was injured, troopers said. Information about what caused the crash is not yet known....
7:47 AM FL-31 about three miles south of Bermont Road is shut down due to a vehicle fire. Avoid the area.
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12:29 p.m. A crash with serious injuries has shut down the eastbound lanes of Hancock Bridge Parkway near SE 3rd Place in Cape Coral. Police said driver should seek an alternate route for the next several hours.
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Fire crews were able to contain a vehicle fire that stopped all southbound traffic on Del Prado Boulevard on Monday evening. The fire erupted around 4:30 p.m. and rescue crews rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire with foam. Firefighting foam is a blanketing and cooling agent that not only extinguishes flames, but also minimizes chemical vapors that firefighters come in contact with while on the job. It’s not known what started the fire, but no injuries have been reported.
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4:36 PM Southbound traffic is down to one lane at the 200 block of Del Prado Boulevard South. Northbound traffic is being diverted while Cape Coral officers respond to to a vehicle fire. Please avoid the area.
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COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A 26-year-old Naples man suffered critical injuries after hitting a mailbox on his motorcycle on Sunday, May 23. The man was heading west on 27th Avenue Northeast, just west of Everglades Boulevard just before 4:30 p.m. when he rode into a mailbox and flipped, troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said. After crashing, the motorcycle stopped in the south shoulder of 27th Avenue Northeast. Rescue crews rushed the Naples man to a local hospital in critical condition. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
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FORT MYERS, Fla.– One person has been transported to the hospital following a crash on Gladiolus Drive and Winkler Road. Two cars were involved in the crash on Thursday night. One passenger was ejected from the car before being transported to the hospital for treatment. Crews from Iona-McGregor Fire responded to the scene. The eastbound lanes of Gladiolus Drive and the southbound lanes of Winkler Road are closed while crews respond to a crash. The lanes will be shut down for around two hours. Please avoid the area if possible. No further information was immediately available. Count...
MIAMI, Fla. — A person behind the wheel of a Tesla sedan slammed into a Florida Department of Transportation Road Ranger on Interstate 95, officials said. The Road Ranger was blocking the left northbound express lane of I-95 near NW 103 Street in Miami. A black Tesla heading north slammed into the back of the pick-up truck that had two people inside. The two Road Rangers were taken to Jackson North with non-life-threatening-injuries and the Tesla driver was brought to Ryder Trauma with severe, but non-life-threatening-injuries. Traffic cones, emergency lights and an arrow board were...
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A 23-year-old Immokalee woman is dead and two others are injured after a Monday morning crash on State Road 29, officials said. Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol responded to the crash on SR-29, about three miles north of County Road 858, just after 6 a.m. The 23-year-old Immokalee woman was driving north on SR-29 with an 18-year-old Immokalee teen. Their SUV crossed over into the southbound lanes and hit the front of a 33-year-old Lehigh Acres man’s car, troopers said. Both cars stopped in the area of the crash. The 23-year-old woman was taken to...