Lehigh Acres woman struck by car, killed walking along Kings Highway in Port Charlotte
A Lehigh Acres woman was killed Tuesday night as she walked along Kings Highway near Sandhill Boulevard in Charlotte County.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the 48-year-old woman was walking on the northbound travel lane of Kings Highway when the right front portion of a sedan driven by a 22-year-old woman from Arcadia struck her.
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The Port Charlotte crash happened shortly before 9 p.m.
The woman died at the scene.
The driver and a six-year-old girl passenger from Arcadia suffered minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
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This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Lehigh Acres woman dies walking along Kings Highway after hit by car
