Woman Killed In ATV Crash On Washed-Out Myakka City Road: FHP

MYAKKA CITY, FL — A 22-year-old Myakka City woman was killed after being thrown from a six-person ATV on a washed-out road early Friday morning, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

Around 1:30 a.m., she was a passenger on the ATV, which was traveling east on a shell-packed road on private property on Verna Bethany Road near Cline Road in Myakka City, when it overturned, throwing all six people onboard from the vehicle, FHP said.

The woman was pronounced dead by Manatee County EMS.

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The five other people on the ATV, including the 28-year-old Myakka City man driving it and four other passengers — a 27-year-old Ellenton man, a 25-year-old Sarasota woman, a 24-year-old Myakka City man and a 25-year-old Sarasota man — were uninjured in the crash.

None of the six were wearing seatbelts of helmets, FHP said.

The Florida Highway Patrol’s Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating the crash.

Myakka City and other sections of eastern Manatee County were hard hit when Hurricane Ian pummeled Southwest Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday.

Because of significant flooding to the Myakka River impacting local roadways, many residents in the region have been unable to leave their homes since then and there’s “a massive humanitarian and health initiative” underway in eastern Manatee County, according to a county news release.

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