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People at restaurant spot SUV floating down Florida waterway

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LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Fish and Wildlife is preparing to remove an SUV from a waterway in Lee County.

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Some diners at a restaurant spotted it and called 911 on Tuesday.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says no one was found inside.

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Deputies believe the brakes gave out while it was unoccupied, and it slid into the Gulf of Mexico and then floated into state waters.

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