A 40-year-old Fort Myers woman died in a crash along Interstate 75 in Lee County early June 19, state police say.
The driver of a box truck, a 57-year-old Lehigh Acres man, was south on I-75 shorty before 5 a.m., in the inside lane south of Colonial Boulevard, Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.
The woman was walking east on the west shoulder of the interstate, south of Colonial, off the shoulder and into the inside lane, FHP says.
The front of the truck hit the woman, causing the vehicle to come to a controlled stop on the west shoulder of I-75. The woman came to a final rest on the east shoulder of I-75, where Lee County EMS pronounced her dead, state police said.
The Florida Highway Patrol Traffic Homicide Unit continues to investigate this fatal traffic crash, FHP said in the release.
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Fort Myers woman killed walking on I-75 in Lee County early June 19, FHP says
Reporting by Dave Osborn, Fort Myers News-Press / Fort Myers News-Press
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