>> RIGHT NOW AT 11. >> A DRIVER IN CAPE CORAL HIT A WOMAN WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND INSTEAD OF STOPPING TO HELP, THEY JUST TOOK OFF. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING GULF COAST NEWS. I’M PETER BUSCH, CAPE CORAL. POLICE SAY GIUSEPPE PHOBIA LEFT A WOMAN CRYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH CUTS ALL OVER HER BODY REPORTER MADISON ADAMS IS SHOWING US HOW POLICE FOUND THE DRIVER. >> IT’S LIKE PRESENT VARIES OUT HERE. IT’S CRAZY. I HEAR ON SUNDAY, CAPE CORAL POLICE SAY PAY FOGLIA HIT A PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS WALKING IN THE GRASS. >> ALONG SOUTHEAST 16TH PLACE NEAR SOUTH EAST 21ST TERRACE. THE SPEED LIMIT ON THIS ROAD IS 30 MILES PER HOUR. INSTEAD OF PULLING OVER AND HELPING THE WOMAN POLICE SAY FOGLIA DROVE AWAY YOUR BODY DRIVING FAST IN SUCH A HURRY. I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON AND USE AND I MOVED THERE. >> TOLD THE DRIVERS HERE WERE MIAMI. THEY WERE AWAY WORSENING. MY AND POLICE FOUND THE WOMAN CRYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SHE WAS BLEEDING WITH CUTS ON HER ARMS, HANDS, ANKLES, AND FOREHEAD. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. JUST NOBODY RUNOFF LIKE WHAT SHE WOULD DIE. BUT WHAT IF IT WAS ONE OF HIS MOM SOMEBODY YEMEN AND RAN HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT A WITNESS WAS ABLE TO SPOT THE CAR DRIVING AWAY. POLICE TRACK DOWN FOGLIA JUST OVER HALF A MILE AWAY SITTING IN HIS CAR AT THE 4 MILE COVE CONDOMINIUMS. POLICE SAY FOGLIA CONFESSED TELLING THEM THAT HE SWERVED TO AVOID ANOTHER CAR IN BLOOD. HE HIT A MAILBOX. >> BUT WHEN HE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS NO HOUSE NEARBY, HE KNEW THAT IT WAS A PERSON. HE SAYS HE PANICKED AND DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO HE LEFT FOGLIA WAS ARRESTED FOR HIT AND RUN WITH INJURY. HE JUST TURNED 18 QUEDO THAT IT WAS THEY NEED TO WATCH WHAT HE GOING AND HOW TO THE THAT WE’RE RESPONSIBLE BECAUS
Pedestrian injured in Cape Coral hit-and-run; teen driver arrested for fleeing scene
Updated: 11:25 PM EDT Oct 16, 2025
A pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run incident on Southeast 16th Place near Southeast 21st Terrace in Cape Coral on Sunday. The driver reportedly confessed to police after initially fleeing the scene.Robert Lane, who recently moved to Cape Coral from Miami, expressed his concern about the driving habits in the area. “It’s like Fast and Furious out here. It’s crazy out here,” Lane said. “Everybody driving fast and in such a hurry. I don’t know what’s going on here. And I just moved here.”Police found the woman crying on the side of the road, bleeding with cuts on her arms, hands, ankles, and forehead. She was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.Lane emphasized the seriousness of the incident, saying, “You can’t just hit somebody and run off like that. What if she had died? Yeah, what if it was his mom, what if it was one of his loved ones? Somebody hit him and ran off. How would you feel about that?”A witness was able to spot the car driving away, and police tracked down Giuseppe Foglia just over half a mile away, sitting in his car at the Four Mile Cove Condominiums. Police said Foglia confessed, telling them he swerved to avoid another car and thought he hit a mailbox. When he realized there was no house nearby, he knew it was a person. He said he panicked and didn’t know what to do, so he left.Foglia, who just turned 18, was arrested for hit-and-run with injury.”It doesn’t matter to us, young or old. They need to watch where they go. There. Learn how to drive,” Lane said. Lane also expressed his belief that Foglia should be held accountable, saying, “I think he still should be responsible. Because if he at least you go back and check on the person.”DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.
CAPE CORAL, Fla. —
A pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run incident on Southeast 16th Place near Southeast 21st Terrace in Cape Coral on Sunday. The driver reportedly confessed to police after initially fleeing the scene.
Robert Lane, who recently moved to Cape Coral from Miami, expressed his concern about the driving habits in the area. “It’s like Fast and Furious out here. It’s crazy out here,” Lane said. “Everybody driving fast and in such a hurry. I don’t know what’s going on here. And I just moved here.”
Police found the woman crying on the side of the road, bleeding with cuts on her arms, hands, ankles, and forehead. She was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Lane emphasized the seriousness of the incident, saying, “You can’t just hit somebody and run off like that. What if she had died? Yeah, what if it was his mom, what if it was one of his loved ones? Somebody hit him and ran off. How would you feel about that?”
A witness was able to spot the car driving away, and police tracked down Giuseppe Foglia just over half a mile away, sitting in his car at the Four Mile Cove Condominiums. Police said Foglia confessed, telling them he swerved to avoid another car and thought he hit a mailbox. When he realized there was no house nearby, he knew it was a person. He said he panicked and didn’t know what to do, so he left.
Foglia, who just turned 18, was arrested for hit-and-run with injury.
“It doesn’t matter to us, young or old. They need to watch where they go. There. Learn how to drive,” Lane said.
Lane also expressed his belief that Foglia should be held accountable, saying, “I think he still should be responsible. Because if he at least you go back and check on the person.”
DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.