In chapter VII, the car carrying Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan on their way back to East Egg from New York City struck Myrtle Wilson and killed her instantly. When she saw their car coming down the road, she appears to have run out to the road to speak with Tom Buchanan, her lover, because he was driving that car when she saw him earlier (when the party was on their way to the city).
Gatsby's car was being driven by Daisy -- she'd hoped driving would help to calm her down after the confrontation in the city -- though everyone, including Tom (and Nick at first) believes that Gatsby was driving and was therefore responsible for Myrtle's death. This is what George Wilson, Myrtle's husband, believes as well, and so George assumes that it must have been Gatsby having the affair with Myrtle. This is why George kills Gatsby in the end.
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