ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WFLA) — A pedestrian died after being hit by a car in a church parking lot, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The FHP said around 8:54 a.m. Friday, an 82-year-old Englewood man was trying to back his Mustang out of a church parking spot on McCall Road in Charlotte County.
However, officers said the man mistakenly put the car into reverse instead of reverse and sped off, going over a curb and hitting a 58-year-old Margate man.
The Mustang then crashed into the church. Neither the driver nor his passenger, an 81-year-old Margate woman, were injured.
The pedestrian was taken to Englewood Hospital with critical injuries and later died. The FHP said the crash remains under investigation.
