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…
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.
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.