FMPD investigates a car crash involving a construction worker

Writer: Nicholas Karsen
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Car crash
A white vehicle crash involving a pedestrian. Credit: WINK

The Fort Myers Police Department is investigating a car crash involving a construction worker early Monday morning.

FMPD reports that the crash happened on U.S. 41 at the intersection of Winkler Avenue and Cleveland Avenue at around 2:30 a.m.

When WINK News arrived at the scene, the front part of a white SUV was smashed and was later towed away.

FMPD is reporting the construction worker and driver were trauma alerted to a hospital and that the driver was impaired before the crash.

The Florida Department of Transportation and A-Jax plan to release a statement later on Monday.

The construction worker was an A-Jax Paving employee.

As of 7:56 a.m., all lanes of traffic have reopened.

The details of the crash are currently under investigation.

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