Flames spark after driver plows into pump at Lehigh Acres gas station

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – Authorities are searching for a man accused of crashing into a gas pump at a Racetrac in Lehigh Acres and driving off.

According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, detectives are searching for the man accused of driving a Kia Forte into a gas pump in a fiery hit-and-run crash around midnight Monday morning.

Deputies said the man went into a Racetrac gas station on Lee Boulevard and was caught on a surveillance camera before getting into his car and driving erratically through the parking lot eventually smashing into a pump.

Investigators described the man as a middle-aged Hispanic male.

LCSO is asking anyone with information on the suspect’s identity to contact them at 239-471-1000 or SWFL Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS.

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