FORT PIERCE — Two pedestrians allegedly fighting in the middle of Okeechobee Road in Fort Pierce Saturday night died after being hit by a vehicle, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

Joshua Thomas Baker, 24, of North Fort Myers, and Jonathan Wendell Peterson, 21, of Fort Myers, were in the inside lane when the front of a westbound vehicle struck them, according to the report. Baker was thrown into the inside lane and Peterson was thrown into the grass median.

They were taken to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center with fatal injuries, according to the report. The driver, Christopher Lee Martin, 24, of Okeechobee, failed to see them in time. His three passengers weren’t injured.

No further information was available Sunday, according to Florida Highway Patrol officials.

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