The deputy with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office has not yet been named, but officials said he was just 23 years old.
FHP said the deputy was conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 75 in Punta Gorda around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday and pulled over a car.
While the deputy and the driver were standing on the shoulder of I-75, an oncoming Jeep veered from the left-hand lane, crossed the center and right lanes, and drove onto the shoulder. The Jeep then crashed into the deputy’s patrol vehicle, which then crashed into the car that was pulled over, hitting the deputy and the other driver.
The deputy and other driver were taken to the hospital, where the deputy later died. The other driver suffered serious injuries, FHP said.The driver of the Jeep was identified as 30-year-old Cassandra Smith from Massachusetts. She was uninjured in the crash.Charlotte County is located on the gulf coast of Florida, just north of Fort Myers.
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