School bus crash blocks portion of Buckingham Road in Lee County

A crash Monday morning involving a school bus completely blocked a portion of Buckingham Road in both directions, the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash happened around 5:11 a.m. at the intersection of Bird Road and Buckingham Road, according to the FHP. No children were on the bus at the time of the wreck.

Leroy Kenneth Rodgers Jr. was driving northbound on Buckingham Road in a Kia Sorrento when he crossed the center of the road and collided with a bus, State troopers said. Rodgers dropped his phone and went to pick it up prior to the crash, but “when he looked up all he saw was headlights,” according to the FHP crash report.

Rodgers suffered serious injuries and was taken to Lee Memorial Hospital, State troopers said. He was cited with driving without a seat belt, driving without insurance and driving on the wrong side of the roadway.

WINK News was live on scene after the crash:

The driver of the school bus was not hurt.