PHOTO PROVIDED BY STEVE LINEBERRY

Westbound traffic was diverted off State Road 776 Wednesday after two Rotonda West residents were seriously injured in a crash in El Jobean. Their vehicle was traveling slowly "for an unknown reason" when it was struck from behind, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The road was reopened to traffic at 2:45 p.m.

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A Mercury car and a Ford Econoline van crashed in front of the Riverwood community at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Westbound State Road 776 was closed at Willow Bend Road until everything was cleaned up around 2:45 p.m. Two Rotonda West residents were transported by MedStar and Bayflite to the Lee Memorial Hospital Trauma Center in Fort Myers. Their condition was listed as serious by the Florida Highway Patrol late Wednesday afternoon.