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A 22-year-old Plant City man was killed when his car veered in front of a box truck on U.S. 98 north of Lakeland early Wednesday, the Polk County Sheriff s Office said.
The crash happened about 3 a.m. a mile north of State Road 471, according to a news release issued Wednesday afternoon by the Sheriff s Office.
The Sheriff s Office said Christopher Wright, 22, was driving a black 2004 Pontiac G5 north on U.S. 98 when his car crossed into the southbound lane and hit a 2007 International box truck driven by Darrell Black, 50, of Plant City.
Florida Department of Health in Polk County will launch a new COVID-19 vaccine hotline on Friday morning for its second round of appointment signups for senior citizens.
Nicole Riley, the health department spokeswoman, said the county s hotline at 863-298-7500 with go live at 8 a.m. Friday for individuals age 65 and older who want to receive the vaccine. There will be approximately 400 appointments available for Wednesday.
Riley said the hotline will be staffed Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. by a combination of Department of Health and Polk County employees in an effort to better handle the volume of anticipated calls.
LAKELAND Three men are under arrest after Polk County Sheriff’s deputies say they went on a 24-hour violent crime rampage that left one man shot and a family terrified.
Deputies say it began on Monday evening when a black GMC SUV occupied by three men pulled up to a gas pump at the Circle K store on West Pipkin Road near Old Harden Boulevard. One man, who was later identified as 42-year-old Gardell Young Jr., pumped gas.
A man waiting at the store for his friend to get off work said he talked with one of the vehicle occupants, later identified as 38-year-old Seth Deming. The man then walked across the parking lot and Deming got out of the SUV and followed him, the Sheriff s Office said.