Florida Highway Patrol: 9-year-old dies after crash in San Carlos Park driveway

Stacey Henson, Fort Myers News-Press
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A 9-year-old girl was in critical condition Thursday, December 30, 2021, night after she was hit in a San Carlos Park driveway, Florida Highway Patrol reports.
A 9-year-old girl was in critical condition Thursday, December 30, 2021, night after she was hit in a San Carlos Park driveway, Florida Highway Patrol reports.

A 9-year-old girl has died after she was hit in a San Carlos Park driveway Thursday, Florida Highway Patrol reports today.

A 27-year-old Fort Myers man was driving a pickup about 6 p.m. Thursday into a driveway in the 18400 block of Phlox Drive when the girl emerged from between two parked cars into his path, troopers said.

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She was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital in Fort Myers.

Troopers continue to investigate the crash.

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Fort Myers man pulling into San Carlos Park driveway hits girl