UPDATE:
Fatal Crash Update: The two drivers who died as a result of injuries sustained in a head-on vehicle crash on East Main Street just east of Lakeland have been identified and next of kin have been notified. The crash occurred Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at about 4:30 p.m. 64-year-old Delbert Kendall of Polk City was driving a blue Ford Focus east bound on East Main Street when, for unknown reasons, the Focus crossed the center line into the path of a west bound tan Subaru Forester being driven by 40-year-old Case Hurst (female) of Winter Haven. Both drivers died at the scene. There were no other vehicles or people involved. The roadway was closed for about 4 hours during the investigation.
Previously released:
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is working a two-car, two-fatality crash on at the 3500 block of SR 542 (E. Main Street) just east of Reynolds Road in East Lakeland (unincorporated). The crash occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. today. It appears that there was a head on collision of the two vehicles, one headed east bound and the other headed west bound. There was one occupant per vehicle–the drivers. Both are deceased. Both are adults.
Original PCSO Press Release:
Polk County Sheriff’s Office is working a two-car, two-fatality crash on at the 3500 block of SR 542 (E. Main Street) just east of Reynolds Road in East Lakeland (unincorporated). The crash occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. today. It appears that there was a head on collision of the two vehicles, one headed east bound and the other headed west bound. There was one occupant per vehicle–the drivers. Both are deceased. Both are adults.
Names will be released once next of kin notifications have been made.
