LAKELAND, Fla – A 38-year-old Lakeland man was killed in a crash that happened overnight on North Combee Road.
On Wednesday, at approximately 10:58 p.m., officers responded to a traffic crash involving a single vehicle on North Combee Road near the intersection of State Road 33. Just before the crash, a 2010 Chrysler van was traveling northbound on North Combee Road when, for unknown reasons, just prior to the intersection, the vehicle continued in a northwest direction on the grassy shoulder and impacted a concrete traffic signal support pole.
The vehicle came to rest against the pole.
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The Lakeland Police Department Patrol Units, Polk County Fire Rescue, and the Lakeland Fire Department all arrived on the scene to begin life-saving measures.
The driver was pronounced deceased by medical personnel at the scene.
The front passenger, a 31-year-old Lakeland woman, was transported to Lakeland Regional Health with critical injuries, and the rear passenger, a 9-year-old Lakeland boy, was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The roadway was shut down for approximately 4 hours to process the scene for the ongoing investigation.
Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to contact Traffic Crash Investigator Officer Travis Payne at travis.payne@lakelandgov.net.
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