PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — A woman and an 11-year-old boy were killed in tractor trailer crash in Charlotte County Tuesday morning.
It happened around 5:30 p.m on Little Farms Road near State Road 31. Florida highway patrol troopers say a woman, 33, failed to properly stop at a stop sign, crossing into the path of a tractor trailer heading south on state road 31. The trailer hit the left side of the car.
The 11-year-old was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries Wednesday.
The crash remains under investigation.