Woman airlifted to hospital after fiery crash in Charlotte County

Writer: Joey Pellegrino
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A crashed 2014 Camaro. Credit: Charlotte County Public Safety

A woman is in the hospital after being pulled from a burning car following a high-speed crash in Charlotte County on Tuesday afternoon.

According to Charlotte County Public Safety, a call came in just before 3 p.m. about a car on fire because of an accident. A 30-year-old Port Charlotte woman was driving a 2014 red Camaro north on Veterans Boulevard, coming from Kings Highway, when she lost control of her car. It slammed head-on into a pine tree and caught on fire.

When the driver’s door would not open, good Samaritans broke the passenger-side window and pulled the woman from the burning car. She suffered serious burns and injuries, including a compound fracture to her lower right leg, and was airlifted to Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers in critical condition.

The crash remains under investigation.

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