On October 21, 2024 around 6:30 p.m. Polk County Fire Rescue and Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle vs pole crash at Havendale Blvd NW & 34th St NW in Winter Haven.
We reached out to Polk County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer (PIO) Meghan Petty and she advised that a GMC Yukon collided with a pole and a passerby called it in. The caller reported that it appeared the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel, but the crash is still under investigation so we cannot confirm the cause of the crash at this time.
We also reached out to Polk County Fire Rescue PIO Nathaniel Gale and he confirmed that one patient was transported by ground as a trauma alert.
