Two pilots are OK after a small plane crashed into a pickup truck near Interstate 75 in Lee County on Saturday, deputies said.

Two pilots are safe after a small plane reportedly crashed into a pickup truck during an attempted emergency landing on Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers, near Interstate 75, according to Lee County deputies. The incident occurred on a Saturday, with authorities stating that both pilots were aboard the aircraft and that there were no reported injuries at the scene. Details about the exact location along Bayshore Road or the broader proximity to I-75 were not provided in the material released, but deputies described the crash as involving a small aircraft and a pickup truck near the highway corridor.

Lee County Sheriff’s Office confirms two pilots were aboard the aircraft and that there were no injuries reported at the scene. The agency’s update aligns with other outlets describing an emergency landing scenario on Bayshore Road that culminated in a collision with a pickup truck. The material does not specify the aircraft type or the precise time of the event beyond noting it occurred on a Saturday afternoon. Responders from multiple agencies arrived to manage the scene and secure the area.

Emergency services on site included the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Transportation, Bayshore Fire Rescue, and Airport Fire Rescue, according to Gulf Coast News and Weather. They were described as managing the situation and securing the area around Bayshore Road where the emergency landing and subsequent collision took place. The reports indicate the scene had limited roadway access, with eastbound lanes described as reduced to a single lane in the immediate vicinity during response operations.

Initial reporting from Gulf Coast News and Weather indicated the aircraft experienced engine issues leading to an emergency landing on Bayshore Road. The aircraft reportedly clipped the back of a pickup truck during the landing sequence. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office reiterated that there were no injuries at the time of their update. The Federal Aviation Administration was described as handling the investigation in some coverage, though the material does not specify the scope of FAA involvement beyond the agency’s typical role.

WINK News described the event as a plane crash and emergency landing on Bayshore Road, noting a collision between the plane and a white SUV (pickup truck) on Bayshore Road near Del Webb Oak Creek Boulevard. The report labeled the incident as breaking news and did not, in that briefing, provide further detail on injuries, the exact aircraft, or the condition of those involved beyond the immediate aftermath. The information available from WINK corroborates a collision occurring during an emergency landing on Bayshore Road.

FOX 13 Tampa Bay provided parallel coverage, stating that a plane collided with the back of a pickup truck during an attempted emergency landing on Bayshore Road near the intersection with Interstate 75. The report identified the vehicle involved as a pickup but did not supply additional specifics on the aircraft type, time, or injuries in their material. They framed the event within an engine issue that prompted the emergency landing sequence.

Simple Flying offered additional context by tying the Bayshore Road incident to a broader aviation event involving a Southwest Airlines flight. It identified the aircraft as a Boeing 737-700 that had departed John Wayne Airport (SNA) and experienced an engine issue that led to a loss of climb, an emergency declaration with a 7700 squawk code, and an attempted return toward a safe landing option, with the destination being Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The report indicated the engine issue as the root cause prompting the emergency landing, rather than a crash on Bayshore Road itself, and noted that authorities supported the emergency procedures in both the SNA and LAX airspaces.

Simple Flying and Gulf Coast News and Weather emphasized that the engine-failure scenario prompted the emergency landing toward LAX, reinforcing the narrative that the Bayshore Road incident involved a separate aircraft operating under an engine-recovery scenario rather than a direct collision with a road vehicle as the sole concluding event. The materials consistently describe the engine issue as central to the chronology, though they differ in whether the Bayshore Road event is the result of that aircraft’s forced landing versus a distinct incident connected to a Southwest 737-700 (N281WN) with a separate flight path after declaring an emergency.

Across the compiled reports, the authorities characterized the Bayshore Road event as one involving an emergency landing that intersected with a pickup truck, resulting in no reported injuries at the time of their updates. The FAA’s involvement is mentioned in some sources as overseeing investigations, but the material does not provide specific findings, aircraft identification beyond mentions of a Cessna 172 by some outlets or the Southwest 737-700 by Simple Flying, or confirmation of flight numbers, registration, or the exact time of the incident. The available material does not establish additional details about damages beyond noting that both the aircraft and the pickup were involved in the incident and that responders managed the scene.