1 injured in ATV crash along Richmond Ave in Lehigh Acres

Writer: Derrick Shaw
Published: Updated:
Credit: WINK News.

Florida Highway Patrol and Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to an ATV crash with one person critically injured in Lehigh Acres Friday.

According to FHP, crash investigators were on scene along Richmond Avenue N near the intersection with E 16th Street.

According to FHP, a driver on an ATV was towing another ATV with driver Joshua DeSean Frazier, 26. Both drivers were not wearing helmets. The driver towing Frazier’s ATV stopped short causing the ATV Frazier was on to slam into the back of the other, ejecting Frazier.

Frazier suffered a critical head injury and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Frazier and the other driver are co-workers. The co-worker faces a charge for Operating ATV on Public Roadway with Serious Bodily Injury. Frazier also faces a charge for Operating ATV on Public Roadway.

The crash remains under investigation.

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