Just as 2026 began, tragedy struck when Miranda Ayala lost her life in a deadly head-on collision that also took the lives of three others who were members of a Fort Myers family.
Ayala, 30, of Immokalee, died on Jan. 1 less than 30 minutes after the clock struck midnight. The crash, involving three cars, happened on State Road 82, west of Corkscrew Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
“She was always smiling and always laughing. She lit up every room that she walked in,” said Mariah Rendon, little sister to Ayala…