Crime & Safety
Passenger Killed In I-75 Single-Car Crash: FL Highway Patrol
A 70-year-old North Port woman was killed in a single-car crash on I-75 Saturday evening in Sarasota County, Florida Highway Patrol said.
NOKOMIS, FL — A woman was killed Saturday evening in a single-car crash on Interstate 75, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
The car was heading south in the inside lane at mile marker 194, near the Laurel Road exit, around 6:30 p.m.
The driver, a 72-year-old North Port woman, swerved left to avoid slowing traffic and entered the median, hitting the tree line, FHP said.
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The driver was seriously injured in the crash and brought to a nearby hospital.
Her passenger, a 70-year-old North Port woman, was pronounced dead at the scene, the agency said.
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