LAKELAND, Fla. – A Saturday morning drive ended in tragedy for a local woman after a two-vehicle collision in Lakeland led to her death two days later.
On April 18, 2026, emergency crews rushed to the 1500 block of Providence Road around 9:33 a.m. following reports of a violent wreck involving a brown Chevrolet Malibu and a white Lexus SUV.
According to investigators from the Lakeland Police Department, the Chevrolet, driven by 65-year-old Tina Swakcerd of Lakeland, was heading south on Providence Road. Simultaneously, 34-year-old Lattessia Lankin of Tampa was driving her Lexus east on West 14th Street…