NORTH PORT \u2014 Ian Cain, a father of five from Cape Coral, was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 near Mile Marker 175 earlier this month.<\/p>\n
There were three separate crashes on the night of Sept. 16.<\/a><\/p>\n The first wreck, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Kenn Watson said, involved a Subaru SUV and a Dodge Ram pickup. Both vehicles were traveling in the left lane traveling southbound on I-75, with the Ram behind the Subaru.<\/p>\n Watson said the Subaru driver slowed down, believing there was wildlife getting ready to run into the road. The driver of the Ram struck the back of the Subaru.<\/p>\n The Subaru was pushed off to the side of the road and the Ram was left disabled in the left lane.<\/p>\n Cain was driving the Ram. He exited his truck and got on his phone.<\/p>\n The Daily Sun spoke to his wife, Whitney, and she said he had called her and told her the situation.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2019Hey babe, I got in in a fender bender. This car brake checked me. I\u2019m gonna call the cops. I\u2019ll call you back,\u2019\u201d Whitney remembered him saying.<\/p>\n The call back never came.<\/p>\n After Ian hung up, he called the police and then was struck by the driver of an oncoming Honda Civic that had swerved to avoid the disabled Ram.<\/p>\n Cain died from his injuries after being taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n \u2018He was a dad first and foremost\u2019<\/p>\n Whitney and Ian Cain had five children. His youngest is six months old.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a dad first and foremost,\u201d she said. \u201cThat was his favorite part of his life, having his kids. We just had our six-month-old baby boy, so he\u2019s got three girls, and he finally got his little boy. He just loved really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n New to the area, Whitney said her husband already made a lot of friends. He got a job selling solar panels and loved it.<\/p>\n \u201cWe moved to Florida two years ago, and I am home with the kids and don\u2019t know a whole lot of people. But we had a little service for him Monday, and he filled our house full of people who loved and cared about him,\u201d Whitney said.<\/p>\n According to an obituary<\/a> about Ian, he was also passionate about music and was a talented guitarist.<\/p>\n But above all, he loved his family.<\/p>\n According to an obituary of his,<\/a> Ian was preceded in death by his son, Lennox Alan Cain; his grandparents, brother and cousin.<\/p>\n He is survived by Whitney; children, Ellie, Hazel, Althea, and Achilles; his parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family members, and friends.<\/p>\n