LEE COUNTY, FL. (THECOUNT) — Ion Dumitru, of Cape Coral, Florida, has been identified as the victim in a Thursday fatal motorcycle collision in Lee County.
Dumitru, 58, was killed in a two-vehicle motorcycle crash in Cape Coral Thursday afternoon.
According to reports, a 72-year-old Cape Coral woman was operating a Hyundai Kona on Old Burnt Store Rd S near Southwest 1st Street in Cape Coral, when she performed a left hand turn in the path of Dumitru’s motorcycle.
Dumitru was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.
The driver of the Hyundai sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Lee County is located in southwest Florida on the Gulf Coast. As of the 2010 census, the population was 618,754. The county seat is Fort Myers, and the largest city is Cape Coral with an estimated 2018 population of 189,343. Lee County comprises the Cape Coral–Fort Myers, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.
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