Bradenton Driver Hits, Kills Pedestrian In Lee County Crash: FHP

Bradenton FL

24 August, 2021

9:41 AM

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LEE COUNTY, FL — A 43-year-old man from Tifton, Georgia was hit and killed by an SUV driven by Bradenton woman in Lee County Monday night, Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release. The SUV was traveling south in the center lane of the highway south of Jamaica Bay Boulevard around 8:30 p.m. Monday when the man was attempting to cross the southbound lanes of US 41. The front of the SUV hit the pedestrian, who was brought to a local hospital and later pronounced dead, FHP said. The 52-year-old driver and her passenger, a 57-year-old man who is also from Bradenton, were uninjured in the crash.