{"id":49393,"date":"2021-06-28T20:52:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T00:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=49393"},"modified":"2021-06-28T20:52:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T00:52:46","slug":"blazing-hit-and-run-crash-at-a-racetrac-gas-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/06\/blazing-hit-and-run-crash-at-a-racetrac-gas-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Blazing hit-and-run crash at a RaceTrac gas station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man is accused of crashing his car into a fuel pump at a gas station before it burst into flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hitand-run.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49394\" width=\"367\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hitand-run.png 468w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hitand-run-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption>RaceTrac gas station on Lee Boulevard<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the suspect went into a RaceTrac gas station on Lee Boulevard in Lehigh Acres around midnight Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After getting into his red Kia Forte, the suspect drove erratically in the parking lot, then smashed right into a pump, deputies say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pump burst into flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect then backed up and left, leaving behind an active fire and a destroyed gas pump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LCSO is searching for the suspect and added the vehicle in question likely has considerable damage and burn marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you know this man or recognize the red Kia Forte, call the non-emergency line at 239-477-1000 or SWFL Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsheriffleefl%2Fvideos%2F810625119653326%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man is accused of crashing his car into a fuel pump at a gas station before it burst into flames. According to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the suspect&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[437],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49393"}],"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=49393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49395,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49393\/revisions\/49395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}