Fort Myers man arrested, accused of hit-and-run on bicyclist on Bayshore Road

Writer: Joey Pellegrino
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David John Konley, 60. Credit: Lee County Sheriff’s Office

A man was arrested Wednesday night after troopers say he struck a bicyclist on Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers and drove away.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a pickup truck driven by 60-year-old Fort Myers man David John Konley was traveling east in the outside lane of Bayshore Road, approaching Slater Road around 7:15 p.m. A 61-year-old man, also from Fort Myers, was riding a bicycle east on Bayshore Road. Konley tried to make a turn into the parking lot of the Walgreens at 6370 Bayshore Road and struck the bicyclist.

The vehicle of a man suspected of a pedestrian-hit-and-run in North Fort Myers, Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Credit: Florida Highway Patrol

After the crash, Konley stopped his pickup truck, got out and looked at the injured bicyclist. He then re-entered the pickup truck and drove away, leaving behind his passenger, a 53-year-old Cape Coral man.

Troopers found and arrested Konley at the home of his passenger. He faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash with injury, obstruction, driving while license suspended, and a probation violation.

The crash remains under investigation.

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