Saturday night, a vehicle traveling southbound on Del Prado Boulevard South struck a pedestrian walking across the southbound lanes. The pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries on the scene and later died at the hospital.

DATE:   January 29, 2022
TIME:    10:24 pm

VEHICLE 1:    2001 Toyota Highlander SUV, Florida tag, driven by Qilei Zhang, W/M, 6-5-78, of Cape Coral. Zhang suffered no injuries in the traffic crash.

PASSENGER 1:   Mingjian Lin, W/M, 8-15-71, of Cape Coral. Lin suffered no injuries in the traffic crash.

PASSENGER 2:   Basilio Aguilon Felix, H/M, 3-3-91, of Cape Coral. Felix suffered no injuries in the traffic crash.

PEDESTRIAN:   Corey Adam Bourgard, W/M, 9-8-87, of Cape Coral. Bourgard died due to injuries suffered in the traffic crash.

SYNOPSIS:

Vehicle 1 was South on Del Prado Boulevard in the inside (left) lane.  A Pedestrian was walking from the West to the East, across the South lanes of Del Prado Boulevard in an area that does not have overhead lighting.  The nearest intersection is several hundred feet away from this area.  

The Pedestrian, who was wearing dark clothing, walked into the path of Vehicle 1 in the inside lane. 

The front of Vehicle 1 struck the left side of the Pedestrian forcing him onto the hood, into the windshield, and then over the roof.  The Pedestrian then struck the grassy median where he came to rest face down.  Vehicle 1 came to an immediate stop nearby.

CCFD and Lee County EMS responded and the Pedestrian was immediately trauma alerted due to suffering life-threatening injuries.  At 1:14 am, the Pedestrian died at Gulf Coast Hospital from injuries suffered in the traffic crash.

A Traffic Homicide Investigation has been started.  This traffic crash IS NOT alcohol/drug-related in reference to the driver of Vehicle 1.  The next-of-kin HAS been located/notified.  There are no criminal charges pending for this traffic homicide investigation.