EPCOT Center Drive at Walt Disney World is back open after a fatal 5-vehicle crash on Monday, October 6.
EPCOT Center Drive Reopens
The crash took place around 6:30 a.m. The road was closed until this afternoon. A WDWNT reporter confirmed that the road was back open and clear as of 2:06 p.m.
EPCOT Center Drive extends from World Center Drive around the parking lot and toll plaza of the theme park. The EPCOT entrance was still accessible.
Orlando Sentinel has now clarified that the crash began “as the e-bike ridden by a 40-year-old Orlando man was traveling westbound on Epcot Center Drive west of I-4.” Other vehicles involved in the accident included “a 2016 Honda Civic driven by a 57-year-old Orlando woman, which was ahead of a 2018 Ford Fusion driven by a 63-year-old St. Cloud man, ahead of a 2021 Toyota Camry driven by a 30-year-old Orlando man.”
The report by the Florida Highway Patrol states that the e-bike traveled into the path of the Civic, striking the bicyclist and set off a “chain reaction collision” among the other vehicles.
The bike rider was transported to AdventHealth Celebration Hospital and declared deceased. Orlando Sentinel reports that the driver of the Civic was also transported to AdventHealth Celebration Hospital “with minor injuries while the two other vehicle drivers and one passenger in the Camry remained on scene without injuries.”
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