Car catches fire in Fort Myers parking lot, killing 52-year-old woman driver

LEE COUNTY - A woman lost her life following a parking lot crash that ended in a fire Monday afternoon.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 52-year-old woman from Fort Myers was driving east through a parking lot at 4901 Palm Beach Blvd. at 3:39 p.m. Monday. For reasons unknown, the car veered onto a grassy island and struck an unoccupied bicycle chained to a metal pole.

The front of the vehicle then caught fire.

Firefighters arrived before the car became fully engulfed and pulled the woman from the vehicle.

She was taken to a nearby hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

Troopers are still investigating whether the woman suffered a medical episode before the crash.