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.