{"id":257069,"date":"2026-05-03T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257069\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:58:10","slug":"crash-damages-cars-and-bends-road-sign-on-veterans-pkwy-and-surfside-blvd-in-cape-coral-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257069\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash damages cars and bends road sign on Veterans Pkwy and Surfside Blvd in Cape Coral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAT WHAT WE&#8217;RE TRACKING AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. &gt;&gt; THANK YOU, RAFAEL. BREAKING NEWS AT 6. A MAJOR CRASH HERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF VETERANS PARKWAY AND SURFSIDE BOULEVARD RIGHT NOW HERE RIGHT BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE THE SCENE AFTER THE CRASH WAS SOME LEFTOVER DEBRIS AND SERIOUS DAMAGE ON THE ROAD. GULF COAST NEWS REPORTER NAYLOR GRAND PIER IS LIVE IN THE CAPE RIGHT NOW. THEY LET. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING OUT THERE? &gt;&gt; IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOW TRUCKS JUST GOT THERE. I&#8217;M SURE YOU CAN HEAR THEM ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW. AND YOU CAN SEE THEY&#8217;RE GETTING READY TO TAKE AWAY THE 2 CARS. IT LOOKS LIKE WE&#8217;RE INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. &gt;&gt; ON SURFSIDE BOULEVARD AND VETERANS PARKWAY IN CAPE CORAL. YOU CAN SEE PIECES OF THE CAR PARTS LAYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE BLACK ACURA AT THE CROSSWALK DOESN&#8217;T EVEN REALLY HAVE ITS HEADLIGHTS ON ANYMORE. YOU CAN SEE IT&#8217;S GETTING READY TO GET ON TO THE TOW TRUCK RIGHT NOW AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS OTHER CAR, THE PURPLE CAR ALSO COMING ON TO THE TOW TRUCK AS WELL. AND IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE HAS ITS FRONT END MISSING. YOU CAN EVEN SEE THE YIELD SIGN THAT HAS TAPE WRAPPED AROUND. IT ALSO BENT RIGHT NOW. IT&#8217;S LIKE THERE&#8217;S ABOUT 6 CAPE CORAL POLICE CARS AND WE DID REACH OUT TO OFFICERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CRASH. I SAW THEM USING MEASURING TAPE MEASURING BOTH OF THE CARS, TAKING PICTURES AND NOTES. I DID REACH OUT TO KEY PRO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FIND OUT HOW THIS CRASH HAPPENED. AND IF ANYONE IS HURT, YOU CAN COUNT ON GULF COAST NEWS TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT MORE WE&#8217;RE AB\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Crash damages cars and bends road sign on Veterans Pkwy and Surfside Blvd in Cape Coral<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gcnn.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"Gulf Coast News logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 6:14 PM EDT May 3, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc-7.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPolice tape blocked off the intersection of Surfside Boulevard and Veterans Parkway in Cape Coral following a crash that left two cars damaged and debris scattered across the road.  Reporters on the scene could see pieces of car parts in the middle of the intersection. A black Acura at the crosswalk was missing its headlights, and a purple sedan nearby lost its entire front end. A road sign at the scene was bent.The Cape Coral Police Department has been contacted to determine how the crash happened and whether anyone was injured.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<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police tape blocked off the intersection of Surfside Boulevard and Veterans Parkway in Cape Coral following a crash that left two cars damaged and debris scattered across the road.  <\/p>\n<p>Reporters on the scene could see pieces of car parts in the middle of the intersection. A black Acura at the crosswalk was missing its headlights, and a purple sedan nearby lost its entire front end. A road sign at the scene was bent.<\/p>\n<p>The Cape Coral Police Department has been contacted to determine how the crash happened and whether anyone was injured.<\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/qrco.de\/gcnapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/wbbh-ft-myers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AT WHAT WE&#8217;RE TRACKING AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. &gt;&gt; THANK YOU,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,220,1776,104,1179,2620,213,53486,111614,725,197,111615,23391,29312,221],"class_list":["post-257069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-car","tag-crash","tag-entertainment","tag-gulf-coast-news-app","tag-intersection","tag-late-news","tag-police-tape","tag-road-sign","tag-scene","tag-sport","tag-surfside-blvd","tag-veterans-parkway","tag-veterans-pkwy","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257069","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=257069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}