LEHIGH ACRES, Florida — A giant pile of roofing components and nails was dumped on Martineau Circle in Lehigh Acres. Nails like those also finished up in people’s tires on Cleveland Avenue in Fort Myers.
“I just heard crunchiness going, and I am like, oh my gosh, whichever it is, we’re going via it it was so rapid,” explained Trissy Taft-Ladi, driving down Cleveland Avenue, when she understood one thing wasn’t ideal.
“Prayed that let’s get by way of this, and then we are going to pull in excess of and see what accurately occurred,” claimed Taft-Ladi.
That’s when she learned that 29 roofing nails went straight into her tire.
“I couldn’t swerve to the left because of all the construction, I could not swerve to the right simply because there was a motor vehicle touring beside me, and I could not slam on my brakes due to the fact there had been vehicles behind me,” Taft-Ladi explained.
Her boyfriend Brock Zeske was driving a shotgun and could not believe that the nails were still left on the road, popping peoples’ tires.
“Indignant, extremely angry for the reason that I knew it was likely to expense some dollars to get that fixed, and it was out of anyone else’s negligence,” Zeke claimed.
Particularly when they experienced to spend $200 to fix just a person tire.
“They’re not the ones shelling out for it it can be us, the community, that are paying out for their mistake,” Zeske pointed out.
It even startled her son, Isaac Irvine, to hear what occurred.
“The nails popped my mom’s tire, certainly freaked out,” claimed Irvine.
They’re not the only ones who drove down that highway and had nails in their tire. Rebekah Smith explained a pin finished up in her tire, also.
“Like 70+ people today that responded stating that it took place to me past 7 days, it occurred to me two times ago, it obtained all 4 of my tires,” mentioned Zeke.
We’ve reached out to the Fort Myers Police Office and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office environment to come across out far more about who’s responsible for the damages.
