Driver hospitalized after medical episode, crash on Veterans Pkwy in Cape Coral

Writer: Joey Pellegrino
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First responders inspect an overturned vehicle after a crash on Veterans Parkway, Thursday, August 4, 2022. Credit: Cape Coral Police Department

One driver has been hospitalized after a crash caused by a medical episode on Veterans Parkway in Cape Coral on Thursday morning.

According to the Cape Coral Police Department, one vehicle was eastbound on Veterans Parkway while another was westbound sometime after 10 a.m. A police officer at the scene told WINK News that the eastbound driver suffered a medical episode while driving, possibly low blood pressure. That driver’s vehicle crossed the median into the westbound lanes of traffic and hit the other vehicle. The impact sent the first driver onto the shoulder of the road and over the berm.

An overturned vehicle at the site of a crash on Veterans Parkway, Thursday, August 4, 2022. Credit: Cape Coral Police Department

While going over the berm, the vehicle struck a tree and rolled over after coming down onto the bend on the side of Southeast 25th Lane. It ended up near where Aviation Parkway meets Southeast 25th Lane.

An overturned vehicle at the site of a crash on Veterans Parkway, Thursday, August 4, 2022. Credit: Cape Coral Police Department

The driver of the first vehicle was transported to a local hospital with unspecified injuries. The other driver was not injured.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

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