Two seriously injured in Collier County crash

Posted 3/26/21

A man and woman from Ft. Myers were seriously injured in an auto accident on Thursday, March 25.

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Two seriously injured in Collier County crash

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COLLIER COUNTY — A man and woman from Ft. Myers were seriously injured in an auto accident on Thursday, March 25, at approximately 8:30 p.m. on I75 near mile marker 78 in Collier County, while two from Immokalee sustained minor injuries.

Vehicle 1, driven by a 55-year-old Immokalee man was traveling west on I-75 in the outside lane with a 59-year-old female passenger, also of Immokalee, below the minimum posted speed limit with hazard flashers on. Vehicle 2, driven by a 21-year-old man from Ft. Myers with a 22-year-old female passenger, also of Ft. Myers, was traveling west on I75 behind vehicle 1. Vehicle 2 failed to observe that vehicle 1 was traveling at a low rate of speed causing the front of vehicle 2 to collide with the rear of vehicle 1. Both vehicles veered off the roadway, entered the right shoulder and collided with the guardrail.

The man and woman from Immokalee sustained minor injuries while the man and woman from Ft. Myers were seriously injured.

This accident is under investigation by Trooper Sackman.

crash, car, accident

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