A Winter Haven man was arrested Monday evening for allegedly hitting and killing a retired Polk County Sheriff’s Office sergeant who had stopped to remove debris from a roadway.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the retired sergeant was Dan Cooley, 69, of Bartow. Detectives said Cooley had pulled his car onto the northern edge of Van Fleet Drive in Bartow and turned on his hazard lights.
Cooley then got out of his car and went to remove a large tote bag that had fallen from his vehicle and was creating a roadway hazard. That’s when detectives said Aaron Wells, 50, of Winter Haven, hit Cooley with his Jaguar and then came to a stop…