Pedestrian injured while attempting to cross street released from hospital
A Cape Coral pedestrian has been released from the hospital after being hit by a car.
As of Thursday, Willie Raymond Cook, 52, of 318 Tudor Drive, had been discharged from Lee Memorial Hospital, where he was taken on Feb. 22 following the accident on Cape Coral Parkway.
Police reported that Mark Dayhoff Schafe, 55, of 1221 S.W. 54th St., was driving a Lexus IS 350 westbound on Cape Coral Parkway in the inside lane. At 7:37 p.m., Cook attempted to cross the Cape parkway’s westbound lanes on foot, moving from the north side of the roadway to the south side.
The front right of the Lexus struck Cook on his left side.
Schafe told police that the roadway was very dark and that he did not see the pedestrian until he was standing in front of his passenger side headlight at impact, according to police officials.
The Lexus and Cook came to a stop in the inside lanes of the road.
Police reported that Cook was trauma-alerted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, including a possible brain injury as he hit the windshield with his head. He also had a severely broken left leg.
Cook was wearing dark clothing at the time of the accident.