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Around 1:35 p.m., the PCSO ECC received 911 calls about a single-vehicle crash on CR 540-A East, just east of Lakeland Highlands Road in Lakeland, involving a 2003 red Toyota Tundra pickup truck that was pulling a dual-axle flatbed utility trailer. According to the evidence and witness statements, 63-year-old Michael…
Around 1:35 p.m., the PCSO ECC received 911 calls about a single-vehicle crash on CR 540-A East, just east of Lakeland Highlands Road in Lakeland, involving a 2003 red Toyota Tundra pickup truck that was pulling a dual-axle flatbed utility trailer. According to the evidence and witness statements, 63-year-old Michael…
On Monday afternoon, an 8-year-old boy died from a single-vehicle crash on County Road 540-A East in Lakeland. According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, a 2003 Toyota Tundra pickup driven by Michael Krause, 63, of Lakeland was pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with sod east when the trailer began swinging violently from side to side, causing the truck to flip onto its side. Krause's 8-year-old grandson, Tripp Butler, who was riding in the back seat, was partially ejected and severely injured, the Sheriff's Office said. He was takend to LRHMC and later flown to Tampa General Hospital, but...