On Monday afternoon, an 8-year-old boy died from a single-vehicle crash on County Road 540-A East in Lakeland.
According to the Polk County Sheriff s Office, a 2003 Toyota Tundra pickup driven by Michael Krause, 63, of Lakeland was pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with sod east when the trailer began swinging violently from side to side, causing the truck to flip onto its side.
Krause s 8-year-old grandson, Tripp Butler, who was riding in the back seat, was partially ejected and severely injured, the Sheriff s Office said. He was takend to LRHMC and later flown to Tampa General Hospital, but died Monday evening. He was a student at Highlands Grove Elementary.