Posts tagged Car Accidents

• Girl Dies in Fatal Fort Myers Car Crash

  Christina Cole | January 20, 2007 6:33 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 14-year-old girl died in a fatal car crash in Fort Myers, on Friday. She was a student at South Fort Myers High School.Breanna Stewart, died after the car that she was a passenger in, ran off the side of the road and flipped. The car accident happened at 8:10 pm, approximately a mile south of Six Mile Cypress Parkway on U.S. 41.Angela Tardiff, the 16-year-old driver of the 200 Honda involved...

• Four Killed When Amtrak Train Strikes Car

  Chrissie Cole | July 19, 2007 3:41 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Four people were killed, Monday, in a train vs. car accident at a railroad crossing when an Amtrak train struck a car, police said. Witnesses say the car drove around the crossing gate. The impact of the crash threw the car in the air and the train came to rest approximately 300 yard down the train tracks.The car was completely destroyed, police said. There were no reported injuries on the...

• Driver Crashes into Side of House

  Christina Cole | April 07, 2007 2:11 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A driver lost control of his vehicle, in a car accident, when he crashed into the side of a child's bedroom in Fort Myers, Florida. The accident left a huge hole in the side of the house located on Saint Ann's Court.A neighbor was nearly run over in the accident but officials say that no one was home at the time of the accident. A neighbor heard some noise, turned around and saw the truck go...

• Serious Car Accident in Lee County - 4 people injured

  Joseph Bernardo | March 12, 2008 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident left occupants of two(2) vehicles injured last night in Lee county. The occupants were taken to the hospital after at least one vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a telephone pole.

• Woman Arrested in Hit and Run Accident

  Chrissie Cole | June 23, 2007 3:02 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police have made an arrest in a hit and run accident that killed a man in a wheelchair.The suspect, 32, is charged with leaving the scene of the accident with death and felony driving on a suspended license.On Wednesday night, at 9:00 p.m., the man was crossing Fowler Street in his motorized wheelchair when a car hit him and sped away leaving the scene.Police had been looking for a suspect but...

• Driver Hits Two Pedestrians on Beach, One Dead

  Christina Cole | May 16, 2007 12:14 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 24-year-old driver, suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol, struck two pedestrians in a car accident on Fort Myers Beach, Saturday, killing one, said Florida Highway Patrol.The accident occurred just after 9:30 p.m. on Main Street.FHP says the victims, a 55-year-old man and an unidentified woman were crossing the street when they were hit by a car. The impact caused the windshield...

• 3 Killed, 4 Injured In Head-On Collision

  Christina Cole | May 07, 2007 12:52 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A woman and her two children were killed in a fatal car accident, Saturday, and four others were injured when an SUV crashed head-on into another vehicle south of Fort Myers, authorities said.Florida Highway Patrol said the accident occurred at around 1 p.m. when the SUV was attempting to make pass in the left lane on Corkscrew Road, losing control of the vehicle and crashing head on into a...

• 3-year-old Injured in Hit and Run

  Christina Cole | February 17, 2007 2:38 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police are searching for the driver that ran over a three-year-old boy "twice" in a hit and run accident.The driver of a white truck backed up over the boy and then rolled over him again, before taking off. The car was found blocks away from the accident, but the driver is still unknown.The boy is in critical condition but authorities report he is expected to recover from his injuries. He was...

• Man Killed in Fort Myers Car Crash Identified

  Christina Cole | January 31, 2007 12:38 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to the Florida highway Patrol, a 29-year-old Lehigh Acres woman was identified as the pedestrian that was killed in a car accident last night.Heidi M. Thacker was hit by a car on Monday night while walking north on Bass Road. The fist car swerved to avoid hitting Thacker, who was walking in the road, but ended up hitting her. Another car that had breaked to avoid the accident, ran her...

• Driver Transporting 11 Children, Cited for Accident

  Christina Cole | March 15, 2007 7:00 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Fort Myers Police is investigating a day care worker that has been involved in a car accident on Wednesday with eleven children. None of the children had their seatbelts on, nor were they in car seats, say police.Officials say the woman was driving her Dodge Durango on State Road 82 when she tried turning left onto Buckingham when she drove into the path of a van. The driver of the van was...