GLADES COUNTY, Fla. — An 82-year-old woman died in a car crash in Glades County at 3:38 p.m. Monday after her car went airborne over a canal, troopers say.
The woman was heading north on US-27 as she entered a left curve but approached it at a high speed and crossed over the grass median as the car traveled onto the other side of the road, Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release.
The car reportedly then exited off the roadway, went into a grass ditch, flew over a canal and overturned in a field.
The 82-year-old was pronounced dead at the crash, troopers say.
Authorities say the investigation of the crash remains ongoing.
