Around 1:35 p.m., the PCSO ECC received 911 calls about a single-vehicle crash on CR 540-A East, just east of Lakeland Highlands Road in Lakeland, involving a 2003 red Toyota Tundra pickup truck that was pulling a dual-axle flatbed utility trailer. According to the evidence and witness statements, 63-year-old Michael…
Around 1:35 p.m., the PCSO ECC received 911 calls about a single-vehicle crash on CR 540-A East, just east of Lakeland Highlands Road in Lakeland, involving a 2003 red Toyota Tundra pickup truck that was pulling a dual-axle flatbed utility trailer. According to the evidence and witness statements, 63-year-old Michael…
8-year-old passenger dies after pickup truck flipped on Lakeland road, deputies say
By FOX 13 News staff
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Credit: Polk County Sheriff s Office
LAKELAND, Fla. - The young grandson of a pickup truck driver was killed after the vehicle flipped Monday afternoon, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said the agency began receiving 911 calls about the single-vehicle crash, which occurred on County Road 540-A East near Lakeland-Highlands Road. Investigators said it appeared the 63-year-old driver, who the agency did not identify, was heading east on CR 540-A in a 2003 red Toyota Tundra.
The truck was pulling a trailer loaded with sod when it began swinging violently from side to side, deputies said. It pulled the truck sideways causing it to flip onto the driver’s side.
LAKELAND Polk County Public Schools are in negotiations with the Florida Department of Health’s Polk County office to put school district employees who are 65 or older near the front of the vaccination line.
“We did have some brief conversations about rolling out shots,” Deputy Superintendent John Hill said at Tuesday s School Board workshop in response to a question from School Board member Sarah Fortney. Hill said that he and Associate Superintendent for Human Resources Teddra Porteous were planning to reach out to Polk County s Department of Health Director Dr. Joy Jackson to negotiate a shot schedule for district employees.