CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Police say an old military Humvee veered off the road and hit a tree here on Surfside Boulevard in Cape Coral— you could see skid marks on the sidewalk leading to the tree where it happened.
The Cape Coral Police Department said people saw the vehicle driving erratically right before the crash.
Surfside Boulevard was closed down to one lane of traffic as the Humvee got pulled onto a flatbed.
Michelle Dworsky lives across the street and said seeing a crash - with this kind of vehicle, so close to home - concerns her.
“I’ve thought— overthought it— a couple times where I thought ‘Gosh, someone is going to crash and run into the house,” said Dworsky.
Cape Coral Police Department’s Public Affairs Officer, Mercedes Simonds, said a driver was following the Humvee and saw the crash happen.
“They were noticing kind of a swerving, they hit a couple mailboxes then ran a red light near Veterans [Memorial Parkway] before they actually crashed into a tree,” said Simonds.
Simonds said the driver of the Humvee was taken to the hospital with a severe injury.
“The male involved had a large fracture to his knee - I think it was a compound fracture. He is being evaluated there so we’ll wait to find out what happens next. Until we get his side of the story and figure out what happened, we can’t determine if there are any possible charges at this time,” Simonds explained.
As soon as there’s an update, we will let you know.
