REPORT: Cawthorn Rear-Ends Florida State Trooper

Newsweek reports:

Former congressman Madison Cawthorn reportedly crashed his vehicle into a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) cruiser on Monday. Alethea Shapiro shared on X, formerly Twitter, that she was driving on I-75 toward Miami at around 4:30 p.m. when a black sports car began tailgating her.

“I ignored it, assuming the person would go around me if they were so impatient,” she told Newsweek. “When they didn’t I just decided to change lanes so I didn’t have to stress it.” Minutes later, when traffic came to a standstill, she realized that the same vehicle seemed to have rear-ended an FHP cruiser.

FHP spokesman Greg Bueno confirmed to the Miami New Times in a statement that an FHP vehicle was rear-ended by a 2021 Mercedes driven by a 28-year-old man from Cape Coral.” Public records show Cawthorn lives in Cape Coral.

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#breakingnew 🚨🚨Former Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorne who was tailgating me, just rear ended a FL State Trooper‼️ Im SHOOK 🤯😡😳 I was driving on i75S towards Miami in the left lane and this black tinted sports car was tailgating me relentlessly. I accelerated ahead… pic.twitter.com/IfS2EUg1oC

— Alethea⸆⸉ (@Women2Dc) April 15, 2024

New: Ex-U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (@CawthornforNC) rear-ended a Florida Highway Patrol trooper on I-75 earlier tonight, per witness. https://t.co/EzqZJNddmx

— Alex DeLuca (@AlexLDeLuca) April 16, 2024