Polk County construction workers freed driver trapped under vehicle after crash with dump truck: PCSO

The Brief

  • A deadly crash in Polk County is under investigation.
  • First responders said when they arrived, the driver was conscious and alert and appeared to have non-life-threatening injuries, but later died at an area hospital.
  • According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the dump truck driver showed no signs of impairment, but there was an odor of alcohol on the Suburban driver at the scene before he was taken to the hospital.

MULBERRY, Fla. A deadly crash in Polk County is under investigation.

It happened shortly after 8 p.m. on Wednesday on Church Ave. near Carter Road in Mulberry.

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