An 80-year-old woman who was sitting with friends at a table outside a Matlacha restaurant was killed and four others were injured on April 13 when a vehicle went off the road and crashed into their table.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a sedan that was traveling east on Pine Island Road struck five patrons seated at outside tables at That BBQ Place, at 4590 Pine Island Road N.W., and then hit an unoccupied motorcycle and a westbound pickup truck.

Matlacha/Pine Island Fire Control District Chief Ben Mickuleit reported that a number of island emergency crews, along with four ambulances and two EMS supervisors, responded at 5:50 p.m. to the report of multiple people being struck by a vehicle at a restaurant.

He said one victim was found to be deceased, three victims were trauma alert transported to the hospital by ground ambulance and one victim was transported by helicopter.

The FHP report states that a 58-year-old man and 55-year-old woman, both of Sanibel, were among those transported. They sustained minor injuries in the crash. The others included a 77-year-old Matlacha man with serious injuries and a 67-year-old Matlacha man with minor injuries. The woman who died at the scene was from Matlacha.

The conditions of the island residents were unknown on April 11.

The driver of the sedan, whose name has not been released, is a 24-year-old man from Cape Coral. The man was not injured, according to the FHP report.

The FHP report states that the sedan was traveling east on Pine Island, south of Island Avenue, when it when off the roadway and entered the north gravel shoulder. The vehicle then collided with a no-parking sign and wooden decorative post and traveled into the outside seating area of the restaurant.

The sedan struck the building, as well as a motorcycle parked at the restaurant, mailboxes and garbage cans, re-entered the roadway and struck the pickup truck, according to FHP.

The FHP reported that the crash remains under investigation. Charges are pending.