\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA driver who lost control of an SUV crashed into a parked car in a Cape Coral driveway, leaving significant damage and alarming residents in a neighborhood that has seen multiple crashes in recent days. The crash happened Tuesday night along East Gator Circle. Tire marks could be seen across the roadway and into a nearby lawn, ending at a damaged car in a driveway.Neighbor Randy Chavianio said he and his girlfriend narrowly avoided being hit.\u201cMy girlfriend was standing right here, and all I heard was her yell,\u201d Chavianio said. \u201cI looked to my right, and we saw an SUV going pretty fast down the street.\u201dChavianio said the SUV veered off the road and slammed into his neighbor\u2019s Toyota Camry.\u201cIt was sideways. He smashed into the Camry,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only thing that protected us was a small concrete block.\u201dCape Coral police said the driver lost control while speeding. The impact pushed the parked car sideways and left debris scattered across the property. Home surveillance video showed police and fire crews responding to the scene.Chavianio said three teenagers were inside the SUV. Despite a language barrier, he said he checked to make sure everyone was safe.No injuries were reported. Police said they do not believe alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.For neighbors, the incident is the second in less than a week on the same street. Days earlier, another driver crashed into a power pole nearby, knocking out electricity to hundreds of residents. That driver fled the scene, falsely reported the vehicle stolen, and was later arrested.Residents say the repeated crashes are forcing them to change their habits.\u201cWe\u2019re parking cars in the garage and even on the grass because people don\u2019t respect the speed limit here,\u201d Chavianio said. \u201cIt happened right in front of us. We don\u2019t know what else can be done to make it safer.\u201dNeighbors are now calling for changes to improve safety along East Gator Circle.DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor 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.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
A driver who lost control of an SUV crashed into a parked car in a Cape Coral driveway, leaving significant damage and alarming residents in a neighborhood that has seen multiple crashes in recent days. <\/p>\n
The crash happened Tuesday night along East Gator Circle. Tire marks could be seen across the roadway and into a nearby lawn, ending at a damaged car in a driveway.<\/p>\n
Neighbor Randy Chavianio said he and his girlfriend narrowly avoided being hit.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy girlfriend was standing right here, and all I heard was her yell,\u201d Chavianio said. \u201cI looked to my right, and we saw an SUV going pretty fast down the street.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chavianio said the SUV veered off the road and slammed into his neighbor\u2019s Toyota Camry.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was sideways. He smashed into the Camry,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only thing that protected us was a small concrete block.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cape Coral police said the driver lost control while speeding. The impact pushed the parked car sideways and left debris scattered across the property. Home surveillance video showed police and fire crews responding to the scene.<\/p>\n
Chavianio said three teenagers were inside the SUV. Despite a language barrier, he said he checked to make sure everyone was safe.<\/p>\n
No injuries were reported. Police said they do not believe alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.<\/p>\n
For neighbors, the incident is the second in less than a week on the same street. Days earlier, another driver crashed into a power pole<\/a> nearby, knocking out electricity to hundreds of residents. That driver fled the scene, falsely reported the vehicle stolen, and was later arrested.<\/p>\n Residents say the repeated crashes are forcing them to change their habits.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re parking cars in the garage and even on the grass because people don\u2019t respect the speed limit here,\u201d Chavianio said. \u201cIt happened right in front of us. We don\u2019t know what else can be done to make it safer.\u201d<\/p>\n Neighbors are now calling for changes to improve safety along East Gator Circle.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor 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<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A driver who lost control of an SUV crashed into a parked car in a Cape Coral driveway,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[91430,209,211,91433,210,91429,3976,2675,51254,91431,104,213,91428,267,87575,132,91432,9644],"class_list":["post-197026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-alarming-resident","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-home-day","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-chavianio","tag-control","tag-driver","tag-driveway","tag-east-gator-circle","tag-entertainment","tag-late-news","tag-multiple-crash","tag-neighbor","tag-parked-car","tag-police","tag-recent-day","tag-suv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}