NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol reports one person has died after a crash Thursday, afternoon.
Troopers said it happened on SR-739 (Michael G. Rippe Parkway) and Briarwood Terrace jsut before 3 p.m.
A 71-year-old woman from North Fort Myers died.
She was driving north on State Road-739, when she went off the roadway to the right, down an embankment, and hit a chain-link fence and rocks, FHP said.
Troopers said she died in the hospital.
The crash remains under investigation.
