Hit-and-run crash in Fort Myers connected to car found in Estero

Scene of a hit-and-run crash Wednesday afternoon. (Credit: WINK News)

A woman is fighting for her life after she is hit by a car while walking near a street. It happened along Colonial Blvd. at State Rd. 82.

Fort Myers Police Dept. said that it is connected to a scene 13 miles away in Estero where investigators later surrounded a car near a CVS Pharmacy along Corkscrew Rd. in Estero.

We saw investigators questioning a woman. The vehicle the woman was driving had a cracked windshield. Both FMPD and Lee County Sheriff’s Office Deputies are on the scene.

Friends of the woman who was hit by the car tell WINK News the victim works near the crash scene at the Burger King. Also, that they are worried about the victim, fearing she may succumb to her injuries.

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