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January 14, 2010
String of Serious Lee County Traffic Accidents Includes Fatal Hit-Run Pedestrian Crash and Deadly Tire Blowout on I-75
This past week has been particularly dangerous and deadly on Fort Myers, Florida, area roads and highways. Florida Highway Patrol and news sources reported the following traffic accidents:
- On Tuesday, a car accident with a school bus occurred in Fort Myers Shores at Parkview and 5th Street, injuring three students and the bus driver. The driver of the motor vehicle that struck the schoolbus faces charges.
- On Monday, Nicholas Contessa, age 58, of Fort Myers, Florida, was killed on I-75 when he lost control of his vehicle following a tire blowout accident. The victim's car was the only vehicle involved in this fatal Florida highway rollover accident.
- Last Friday, a pedestrian was killed in North Fort Myers, Florida, in a hit-and-run accident on West North Shore Ave and Business 41; police were seeking the driver of a white van.
Fort Myers, Florida car accident lawyers may be consulted in cases where negligent or reckless driving may have contributed to serious traffic accidents resulting in injury or death.
Accident in Fort Myers Shores injures four
NBC-2.com Jan. 12, 2010
Victim in fatal Fort Myers I-75 crash identified
NewsPress.com Jan. 11, 2010
One person dead in North Fort Myers accident
NBC-2.com Jan. 8, 20108
