A high school student riding a bike got hit by a car early Tuesday morning, October 13, 2026, near Punta Gorda Middle School. It happened at 6:52 a.m., right by the intersection of Carmalita Street and Education Avenue.
Emergency crews from Charlotte County Fire & EMS arrived quickly, and they took the student by ambulance to Gulf Coast Medical Center as a trauma alert, mainly to be safe. Fortunately, the student is now in stable condition.
Police shut down the intersection for about two hours while they cleared the scene and started their investigation. Right now, the Punta Gorda Police Department says the crash is still under investigation and hasn’t shared any more details.
