1 killed, at least 6 hurt in separate Polk County crashes
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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) is investigating two serious separate crashes which occurred Sunday evening. The first crash occurred in the Frostproof area, on Alturas Babson Park Cutoff Road near U. S. 27. The PCSO was dispatched at about 8:21 pm.
At least two vehicles were involved in the crash, and six people were transported to hospitals for their injuries. Three were transported by ambulance, and three others (one was a child) were transported by helicopter. The types of injuries are unknown, but at least one of the victims suffered what appeared to be serious bodily injuries that could be life-threatening. The other crash happened at 8:30 a. m.
just north of Lakeland on Rockridge Road (near Country Place Road). That crash was a single-vehicle crash in which a vehicle hit a tree, and one person was killed. Both crashes remain under investigation.