Single-engine plane crash in Lakeland, two occupants on board with injuries
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LAKELAND, Fla. - Lakeland Police and Lakeland Fire Department are on the scene of a plane crash in Lakeland near the Lakeland Linder International Airport.
Shortly before 2:30 pm on Saturday, at 4150 South Pipkin Road, a single-engine plane with two adult occupants crashed in the industrial park area. The area is located just off the airport property.
Both of the occupants were airlifted with serious injuries. Fortunately, no one on the ground was injured.
Both the FAA and NTSB have been notified and will oversee the crash investigation.
Dunn’s legal team filed an appeal earlier this month with the Florida Second District Court of Appeal. The lawyers, James R. “Rusty” Franklin of Bartow and Mark O’Mara of Orlando, are asking the court to set aside Jacobsen’s ruling and dismiss the charge.
A three-judge panel will review the petition and rule on it. Franklin said that will likely take six to nine months.
The deadly encounter occurred on Oct. 3, 2018, when Dunn was working at Vets Army Navy Surplus in Lakeland, where he was a general manager. Dunn, now 50, fatally shot Lopez, a homeless man, after Lopez seized a hatchet that was for sale and began to leave the store without paying for it.
LAKELAND Shawanda Lamones, 39, and her mother, 70-year-old Maebelle Cooper Laster, had plans to make gingerbread houses with Lamones’ four children on Christmas Eve.
Instead, at 5:40 p.m., Laster lay fatally wounded in Lamones’ Amos Avenue front yard and Lamones, her husband Ralph Lamones, Jr., 43, and their 13-year-old daughter were all shot by a group of people Lamones said belong to a local gang.
“It’s just a situation that’s so unfortunate I don’t really know how to explain. I’m really lost for words because this could’ve been handled so different. We could’ve talked about it like grown-ups, Lamones said. Instead, it went to violence and my mom wound up dead. Everyone lose out – we lose because my mom is dead. Their family lose out because their person is going to prison.”
Plane Lands in Polk Parkway Median in Lakeland iheart.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iheart.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Gordon Byrd
Apr 15, 2021
LAKELAND So far there are no signs of injuries after a small airplane made an emergency landing on the median of the Polk Parkway.
Lakeland Police and Fire say the plane landed during the noon hour near the Waring Road exit, not far from Lakeland Linder Airport. The pilot and passenger are unhurt.
Some road blockage occurred as the plane was hauled away.
Thousands of pilots are visiting the Lakeland area for the annual Sun n Fun fly-in festival, held at Lakeland Linder Airport.
Photo: FDOT, Lakeland Police