01/05/2015 - FORT MYERS BEACH, FLORIDA (LEE COUNTY) - On the afternoon of Monday, January 5, 2015 at approximately 1305 hours local fire departments, EMS, and the Lee County Sheriffs Department responded to the bridge at Big San Carlos Pass for a reported motor vehicle accident. Companies arrived to find a three vehicle accident on the bridge. The accident reportedly occurred when traffic was stopped due to the draw bridge being raised. A vehicle being driven by a 78 year old Fort Myers Beach man collided with a parked car at approximately 55-miles per hour. That car then struck another car. Several people were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries, but the driver of the at-fault vehicle later died at the hospital. The Lee County Sheriffs Office reports that no signs of impairment were found, and it is believed that the collision is a result of a medical event. Traffic was snarled in both directions for an extended period of time while the accident was investigated and the crash scene was cleared. The accident investigation continues.
