DAVENPORT, FL – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 45-year-old Billado Mendez following a fatal two-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning, July 22, 2025, at the intersection of Power Line Road and Snell Creek Road in Davenport.
According to the PCSO Traffic Homicide Unit, Mendez was driving a silver Toyota pickup westbound on Snell Creek Road when he failed to stop at a posted stop sign. His vehicle was struck on the driver’s side by a northbound white Ford F250 work truck. The impact caused the Toyota to overturn and come to rest on its roof in a nearby yard. The F250 also came to a stop in the same yard after spinning 180 degrees.
A passenger in the Toyota, identified as 34-year-old Heydi Maricela Funes Inestroza of Davenport, was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced deceased at the scene. A second passenger, a 36-year-old woman from Groveland, sustained serious injuries and was transported to a local hospital. Mendez sustained minor abrasions and declined medical attention. The driver of the F250, a 45-year-old man from Haines City, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries…