Crash shuts down Edgewater Drive near College Park

THE FORECAST COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. BUT FIRST, LET’S GET OVER TO MEGAN WITH A CHECK ON THE ROADS. KATHLEEN. GOOD MORNING. I’M MONITORING A MAJOR CRASH THIS MORNING IN EDGEWATER. THIS IS ALONG EDGEWATER DRIVE IN BETWEEN LEE ROAD AND FAIRBANKS AVENUE. THIS IS JUST OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE PARK. A LIVE PICTURE FROM OUR CHOPPER HERE. CURRENTLY AT THE SCENE, THERE ARE FOUR CARS INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. ONE OF THEM OVERTURNED ANOTHER ONE IS MANGLED HERE. AND THESE TWO CARS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. SO ALL THE LANES ON EDGEWATER DRIVE ARE SHUT DOWN HERE THIS MORNING. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE OBT AS A DETOUR TO GET AROUND THIS. FHP SAYS THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 6:00 THIS MORNING, AND WE DO KNOW THERE ARE SOME INJURIES WITH THIS CRASH. WANT TO SHOW YOU A LIVE PICTURE ON OUR MAP AND WHERE THIS ROAD CLOSURE IS. YOU CAN SEE HERE BOTH DIRECTIONS OF EDGEWATER SHUT DOWN. SO AGAIN OBT IS GOING TO BE THAT DETOUR. OUR TONY ATKINS IS LIVE THERE AT THE SCENE AND TONY REALLY AN AWFUL CRASH THERE THIS MORNING. MEGAN. THIS CRASH, I’M TOLD, HAPPENED AROUND 530 THIS MORNING. AND I ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE MAN WHO LIVES INSIDE THE HOUSE RIGHT WHERE THIS CRASH HAPPENED. FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS NEW ANGLE OF THE CRASH. WE SHOWED YOU CHOPPER, BUT JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT FROM THE GROUND. YOU CAN SEE THIS, UH, DODGE TRUCK ON ITS SIDE AS WELL AS THAT CAMRY MANGLED ALL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. NOW, THERE WERE TWO OTHER CARS INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT. YOU CAN SEE A TAN SUV THERE. AND THEN JUST BEYOND IT, OUT OF THE VANTAGE POINT, THERE’S ANOTHER CAR. I’M TOLD THAT THE TWO CARS THAT SUFFERED THE MOST DAMAGE, THIS TRUCK AND THE CAMRY, THOSE. THOSE WERE CARS ON THE ROAD. THE OTHER CARS THAT WERE HIT WERE IN THEIR DRIVEWAY. AND I SPOKE WITH A PERSON WHO LIVES INSIDE THE HOUSE WHERE THIS CRASH HAPPENED. HE SAID. IT HAPPENED AROUND 5 A.M. HE SAID HE SAW EXPLOSIONS FROM THE POWER LINE AND AGAIN, HE SAYS HE’S SO THANKFUL BECAUSE THE TWO CARS THAT WERE PARKED, ONE WAS HIS, THE OTHER BELONGED TO THE CAR IN THE BLUE HOUSE THAT YOU SEE THERE. UH, THOSE ACTUALLY KIND OF SHIELDED AND, UH, HIS HOME FROM BEING INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. I ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO LIVES IN THE AREA JUST UP THE ROAD. HE SAID THAT HIS POWER FLICKERED SO THERE WAS SOME IMPACT TO PEOPLE’S POWER HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, FHP, THEY SAY THIS IS A CRASH WITH INJURIES. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED AND THE EXTENT OF THOSE INJURIES. AND AS SOON AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION HERE ABOUT THIS NASTY CRASH HERE ON EDGEWATER, WE’LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR

Crash shuts down Edgewater Drive near College Park

Updated: 8:40 AM EST Feb 9, 2024

A crash has shut down Edgewater Drive near College Park.It happened just before 6 a.m. on Friday morning.Edgewater Drive is shut down between Lee Road and Fairbanks Avenue.The Florida Highway Patrol says there are some injuries as a result of this crash.This is a developing story.

ORLANDO, Fla. —

A crash has shut down Edgewater Drive near College Park.

It happened just before 6 a.m. on Friday morning.

Edgewater Drive is shut down between Lee Road and Fairbanks Avenue.

The Florida Highway Patrol says there are some injuries as a result of this crash.

This is a developing story.