traffic deaths

Fort Myers police said the five teens killed when their car crashed into a retention pond Sunday night died from drowning. Three also suffered blunt force trauma. Acting Captain Shawn Yates at a press briefing Friday afternoon said the department’s investigation remains active. He said social media tips and surveillance video of the vehicle have provided additional details.

Recent fatal crashes in Fort Myers and Lehigh Acres put Lee County's road death toll in 2022 at 123 fatalities, the unofficial second-highest year ever for the county.

Nearly 500 felony arrests for juvenile auto theft, more than one arrest per day. Nearly two-thirds of all auto arrests for kid under the age of 18. Even…

The Florida Highway patrol is charting what its officers call an "alarming" increase in hit-and-run crashes statewide for several years running, with Lee…

Estimates for traffic deaths in Florida climbed to more than 3,200 in 2016, a jump of nearly ten percent from the previous year. Lee County leads…