Lehigh Acres man causes 3-car crash after fatal medical episode; becomes second road fatality of 2022 in Lee

A Lehigh Acres man caused a three-car crash while experiencing a medical episode that killed him, Florida Highway Patrol reports.

Troopers said the 57-year-old man was headed south on Treeline Road near Terminal Access Road near Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers about 1:40 p.m. Monday.

He failed to slow, crashing into a car driven by a 38-year-old Bonita Springs woman. She sustained minor injures.

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The man's car then rear-ended a car driven by a 60-year-old Fort Myers woman, troopers said.

The man was taken to a hospital, where officials declared him dead.

He is one of the first two Lee County road fatalities of 2022. Both occurred on Monday, three days into the year.

Lee County Sheriff's Office was investigating a fatal golf cart crash on Pine Island.

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Lehigh Acres man's medical emergency turns deadly, causes 3-car crash