A Parkland woman is dead and a man from Cape Coral has serious injuries after a head-on car collision on Alligator Alley near Mile Marker 36 on Friday night, Florida Highway Patrol said.<\/p>\n
The 45-year-old woman, driving a 2020 Tesla Model 3, was traveling in the wrong direction \u2014 westbound on Alligator Alley\u2019s eastbound lanes \u2014 at about 10 p.m. She struck the front-left side of a 2026 BMW X3 driven by the Cape Coral man, officials said. The woman was pronounced dead at the crash site.<\/p>\n
Emergency crews took the 25-year-old man to a hospital with serious injuries, according to police.<\/p>\n
No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
Mile Marker 36 is roughly one mile east of the Alligator Alley Rest Stop<\/a> and Recreation Area and about 10 miles west of Weston\u2019s city limits.<\/p>\n Florida Highway Patrol does not release driver names until crash reports are completed, FHP spokesperson Lt. Gregory Bueno said.<\/p>\n The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n Sun Sentinel writer Phillip Valys can be reached at pvalys@sunsentinel.com<\/a> or Twitter\/X @philvalys<\/a>.<\/p>\n