Woman dies after being hit by car along Thomas Drive in Panama City Beach area

Nathan Cobb, Panama City News Herald
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PANAMA CITY BEACH − A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a car on the Beach.

According to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident happened at about 11 p.m. Tuesday on Thomas Drive in the Panama City Beach area.

A 40-year-old woman from Parker was traveling north in the outside lane. At the same time, another woman was walking west from the east side of Thomas Drive and entered path of the oncoming car.

The driver was unable to avoid the woman.

The release did not mention the victim's age or where she was from.

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More information will be released as it becomes available.

This article originally appeared on The News Herald: Woman hit and killed by vehicle in Panama City Beach area