NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) — Two folks have been arrested Saturday after a automobile smashed into an occupied residence in Lee County.
The crash occurred round 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 28 in North Fort Myers, in line with a report by the Florida Freeway Patrol (FHP).
The motive force, 24-year-old Brenden Dennis McCarthy, of Cape Coral, had been touring south on Interstate 75 when, for an unknown cause, he drove off the roadway.
The sedan went by way of a fence earlier than crashing into a house on Williamsburg Drive, troopers mentioned.
A number of folks have been reportedly inside the house on the time. Nonetheless, officers mentioned none of them have been injured.
McCarthy and a passenger in his automobile, 24-year-old Rachel Lynn Wright, of Cape Coral, took off on foot after the crash, in line with the FHP.
Authorities mentioned they discovered that Wright had an energetic felony warrant. She and McCarthy have been later positioned and arrested.
Officers mentioned McCarthy was charged for leaving the scene of a site visitors crash involving property harm, driving on a suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia.
As of Saturday afternoon, the FHP’s investigation was ongoing. No additional particulars have been instantly obtainable.
