Police are reporting that a series of crashes in Polk County early Tuesday morning are related.
The Auburndale Police Department said officers responded to two hit-and-runs and a fatal single-vehicle crash near Berkley Road and Strickland Lane around 3 a.m.
In the third crash, first responders arrived to find a vehicle had struck a tree, killing the driver. During a preliminary investigation, officers found that all three crashes are related…