CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A Cape Coral man is dead after crashing into the back of a parked box truck in Northwest Cape Coral on Sunday evening. 

Cape Coral Police responded to 326 Kismet Parkway just after 9 p.m. after a Toyota Corolla driven by Pablo Rene Perez Viera crashed into the rear of an International 4300 DT466 box truck. 

“I just kind of looked at it and thought ‘something’s gonna happen’,” said Richard Crabb, who lives along Kismet Parkway. 

Just a few hours earlier, Crabb spotted the truck parked across the street from his house with its hazard lights flashing. 

“If the lights were flashing, it would be hard to miss,” Crabb said. 

The reason might be that investigators say Viera was driving under the influence. He didn’t slow down or move over for the massive truck. 

“A big U-Haul. That’s a good way to put it,” Crabb said. 

“Alcohol and impaired driving is still responsible for about 37 deaths every single day,” added AAA Spokesperson Mark Jenkins. 

According to Jenkins, this is a shining example of the need for the new Move Over Law.

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“It covers situations like this,” he said. “Once enforcement begins on that beginning of next year, drivers will be required to move over when they see flashing lights. Whether it’s a first responder or just a regular disabled vehicle.” 

Not even that law could’ve saved Viera. His decision to allegedly drive under the influence ended in a story that’s all too common in Southwest Florida, a person dying on our roadways. 

“For heaven’s sake, if you’ve taken any kind of — whatever that substance may be, get an Uber,” Crabb said.