FT MYERS – One person has died and one person is in serious condition after a weather-related car accident on Daniels Parkway in Fort Myers Saturday night.
The accident took place as a 45-year-old man from Fort Myers Florida was driving a sedan heading east on Daniels Parkway near the intersection with Eagle Ridge Drive.
As the sedan was approaching the intersection, a 63-year-old woman from Saint Petersburg Florida was westbound on Daniels Parkway approaching the intersection with Eagle Ridge Drive from the opposite direction of the sedan.
At 9:27:00 PM, the sedan drove into standing water at speed causing the vehicle to lose control.
The sedan swerved across the roadway and traveled from the eastbound lanes into the westbound lanes where the front of the sedan crashed into the front of the SUV.
The driver of the sedan was taken to Lee Memorial Hospital in serious condition. The woman from Saint Petersburg was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash.