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Two Women Killed In Southwest Florida Crash

FORT MYERS (CBSMiami/AP) — Two southwest Florida women died after their car went off the road and overturned, according to authorities.

The Florida Highway Patrol reports that 21-year-old Mikia Lynn Rogers was driving along a Fort Myers road Friday morning when the crash occurred. A witness said the SUV was traveling at a high rate of speed as it approached a curve.

Rogers and her passenger, 37-year-old Jacqueline Cherry, both died at the scene. Neither was wearing a seatbelt.

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