Myrtle Wilson was a woman whom was in her early 30's. She was married to a man with the name of George Wilson, who is a garage owner in the Valley of Ashes in New York. Everyone knew that she wasn't that happy with her life and her marriage with her husband George. She was apart of the lower class and never received the lavish lifestyle she longed for. She was having an affair with Tom Buchanan and when her husband found that out he locked her up in the room over the garage in which he worked everyday and told her he wanted to fix things..
that they had to fix things. Myrtle was angry so she ran out into the middle of the street and that's when a yellow car came rushing by and hit her. This car was a rich cream color and "bright with nickel." The hit killed her instantly and the police department has figured out that it was Jay Gatsby who was driving the car that killed Mrs. Myrtle Wilson.