A 72-year-old Winter Haven man’s life came to a tragic end on Thanksgiving Day following a car crash in South Lake County, per reports from the Florida Highway Patrol. The incident unfolded shortly before 5:30 p.m. when the man, driving a 2015 Jeep Wrangler, veered off the road and struck an electrical box before landing in a ditch off U.S. Highway 27, south of Ruby Red Boulevard. The Florida Highway Patrol suggests the driver “may have suffered a medical episode” that led to the accident. Details were shared in a report from ClickOrlando, which first reported the crash.
Following the crash, emergency teams responded to the scene, and the unnamed man was promptly transported to Orlando Health South Lake Hospital. It was there that he was pronounced dead. Confirming the sequence of events that led to the driver’s demise, the FHP noted that there were no other vehicles involved, and consequently, no other injuries were reported. The somber news came through in an article by InsideLake…