PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol reports two separate crashes involving nine vehicles in total happened in close proximity to one another Wednesday morning in Punta Gorda.
The crashes happened around 7:30 a.m. at mile marker 164 in Punta Gorda.
One crash involved four vehicles and has no injuries; a separate incident as reported by FHP involves a further five vehicles with injuries.
FHP says some southbound lanes are blocked, as well as the exit lane.
Tow trucks had cleared the area by 9 a.m.; FHP is still compiling information about the pileup for a later update.
