{"id":42444,"date":"2017-01-20T16:25:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T21:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=42444"},"modified":"2017-01-20T16:25:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T21:25:33","slug":"car-crashes-tie-up-traffic-on-lee-blvd-for-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2017\/01\/car-crashes-tie-up-traffic-on-lee-blvd-for-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Crashes Tie Up Traffic On Lee Blvd For Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42445\" title=\"crash\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/crash-300x127.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/crash-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/crash.png 547w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>FHP said, Two crashes in Lehigh Acres within a few miles of each other snarled traffic Thursday night for hours.<\/p>\n<p>The first crash occurred around\u00a09:00 p.m. on Lee Boulevard and Williams Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>A BMW was traveling east on Lee Boulevard while a Hyundai Elantra was heading west on the inside lane.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-42446\" title=\"crash lee\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/crash-lee-300x128.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/crash-lee-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/crash-lee.png 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, the BMW suddenly turned left over the median and crashed head-on into the Hyundai, FHP said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver and passenger were\u00a0transported to Lee Memorial and are in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The second crash took place within 30 minutes of the first crash\u00a0on Lee Boulevard and Lee Court. A moped rider was struck\u00a0by a car. The driver of the car fled the scene, witnesses\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>The rider was transported to the hospital,<\/p>\n<p>Crashes are under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FHP said, Two crashes in Lehigh Acres within a few miles of each other snarled traffic Thursday night for hours. The first crash occurred around\u00a09:00 p.m. on Lee Boulevard and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}