CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. -- A 5-vehicle crash including a tractor trailer and an overturned utility trailer was slowing northbound traffic in southern Charlotte County Tuesday morning.
Florida Highway Patrol says the crash happened in the northbound lanes around 5:17 a.m. near mile marker 151. That's about halfway between the Bayshore Drive exit in North Fort Myers (#143) and Tuckers Grade in Punta Gorda (#158).
Two lanes were blocked for several hours, but all lanes are now open again and traffic is flowing freely again.
According to Charlotte County Fire & EMS, three patients were taken to area hospitals in stable condition. One person refused treatment at the scene.
