From Staff Reports and the Florida Highway Patrol
In Summary:
Two Fort Myers residents were killed in a crash reported at 9:53 pm on Oct. 31 on eastbound Interstate 75 in Broward County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, their Toyota Camry left the roadway, struck a U-Haul parked on the shoulder, and then collided with a BMW, causing it to overturn. The U-Haul driver and BMW driver suffered minor injuries, while a passenger in the BMW suffered serious injuries.
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Two Fort Myers residents were killed, and three other people were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Alligator Alley on Oct. 31, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash was reported at 9:53 pm on eastbound Interstate 75 west of mile marker 45 in Broward County.
An 18-year-old Fort Myers woman was driving a 2018 Toyota Camry east in the outside lane when she lost control, troopers said. The car traveled off the roadway to the right and struck the rear of a 2014 Ford E-450 U-Haul truck parked on the outside paved shoulder.
The impact redirected the Camry into the path of a 2019 BMW X5 traveling east in the inside lane. The Camry’s front left side struck the BMW’s right side, propelling the SUV northeast and causing it to overturn, according to FHP.
The Camry’s driver and her passenger, a 29-year-old Fort Myers man, were pronounced dead at the scene. A 37-year-old Port Charlotte woman riding in the BMW suffered serious injuries.
The BMW’s driver, a 19-year-old Port Charlotte man, and the U-Haul’s driver, a 40-year-old West Palm Beach man, suffered minor injuries. The crash remains under investigation.
Five key points:
- The crash occurred on eastbound Interstate 75 west of mile marker 45 in Broward County.
- An 18-year-old Fort Myers woman driving a Toyota Camry and her passenger, a 29-year-old Fort Myers man, died at the scene.
- FHP said the Camry left the roadway and struck the rear of a U-Haul parked on the paved shoulder.
- The Camry then collided with a BMW X5, which overturned, leaving its passenger seriously injured.
- Two other drivers suffered minor injuries, and investigators are still looking into the crash.
