FHP: Two Collier teens hurt when car crashes into palm tree after driver nodded off

Two Collier County teenagers were injured seriously Wednesday when a car crashed  into a palm tree after the driver fell asleep, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

Jack Simpson, 18, was driving a 2013 Lexus north in the left lane on Livingston Road near Pine Ridge Road at 6:39 a.m. when he fell asleep, the Highway Patrol stated. The car veered onto the median, struck a sabal palm tree and stopped, FHP reported.

Simpson was taken to NCH North Naples Hospital, and his passenger, Victor Marrero, 18, was taken to Lee Memorial Hospital.

Alcohol was not a factor in the crash, FHP said. 

Simpson faces a charge of failure to drive within a single lane, the report states.

Both teenagers recently graduated from Barron Collier High School.

Simpson was a captain on the school's varsity wrestling team, and Marrero was a captain on the varsity football team, according to the school's yearbook.