12-year-old dies after she was struck by a North Fort Myers motorist
 
A woman fatally struck a girl walking on the edge of the road on Durrance Rd. in North Fort Myers Monday morning.

The 2006 Toyota that struck a 12-year-old girl Monday morning. Photo via FHP.
Mary Ann Miller, 62, was driving a 2006 Toyota on the 10000 block of Durrance Rd. near 7 a.m. when she hit Alana Tamplin, 12, according to the Florida Highway Patrol press release.

The Toyota was traveling south on Durrance Rd. while Tamplin was walking southbound ahead of the vehicle. The North Fort Myers girl was on the edge of the road, along with her friend, returning to her home after the pair dropped of the victim’s little sister.

There are no sidewalks along the rural stretch of road where the two children were walking. Normally, her dad walks his youngest daughter to the bus stop, but the two older girls did so Monday morning.

Suddenly, as the girls were walking home, the right front of the Toyota struck Tamplin, propelling her to the west where she landed in a sloped grass ditch, per the FHP press release.

While the North Fort Myers woman who drove the Toyota initially stopped, she soon fled the scene. However, Miller would return a short time later.

THIS MONEY IS TO HELP PAY FOR ALANA'S MEDICAL AND FUNERAL COSTS.  ALL DONATIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.  SHE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED, AND TGHIS IS TO HELP SARAH AND DARYL BE ABLE TO AFFORD COSTS FOR THE NEEDED SERVICES.  THANK YOU GREATLY