2 Lee County men killed in Hardee County crash

HARDEE COUNTY, Fla. —

Two Lee County men were killed and another was injured after a crash with a semi tractor-trailer happened in Hardee County Wednesday morning.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 2025 Kia was heading north on County Road 663 and approaching a stop sign at the intersection of State Road 64.

A 1999 semi tractor-trailer, driven by a 71-year-old Wauchula man, was driving east on SR-64 when troopers say the Kia violated the right of way of the tractor-trailer, hitting the trailer portion of the vehicle at 11:40 am.

FHP said the driver of the Kia, a 35-year-old man from Fort Myers, and a passenger, a 22-year-old Cape Coral man, died at the scene of the crash. The other passenger, a 25-year-old Fort Myers man, suffered serious injuries and was taken to the hospital.

The crash is still under investigation.

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