{"id":78941,"date":"2025-09-19T15:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/?p=78941"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:08:15","slug":"major-vehicle-crash-shuts-down-cypress-gardens-boulevard-in-winter-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/major-vehicle-crash-shuts-down-cypress-gardens-boulevard-in-winter-haven\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Vehicle Crash Shuts Down Cypress Gardens Boulevard in Winter Haven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A traffic collision occurred today at the intersection of Carlton Arms Boulevard and Cypress Gardens Boulevard SE in Winter Haven, Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crash was reported just before 12:45 this afternoon (September 19, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polk County Fire Rescue, Winter Haven Fire Department and Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded promptly to the scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office confirmed three vehicles were involved in the crash – a red\/maroon Chevy Tahoe, a gold Chevy Malibu and a red SUV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motorists were advised to avoid the area while emergency personnel managed the scene. After the crash, all eastbound lanes were shut down between Walmart and 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 1:20 pm, a helicopter landed and took off less than 10 minutes later with one patient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We reached out to Polk County Fire Rescue\u2019s Public Information Officer (PIO) Nathaniel Gale and he confirmed two patients were transported- one trauma alert by air and one (non trauma) via ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conditions of the patients are unknown at this time. We will update this article if any additional details come in from law-enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photos provided by reader Kylie Faulkner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A traffic collision occurred today at the intersection of Carlton Arms Boulevard and Cypress Gardens Boulevard SE in Winter Haven, Florida. The crash was reported just before 12:45 this afternoon (September 19, 2025). Polk County Fire Rescue, Winter Haven Fire Department and Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded promptly to the scene. Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":78940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[76,92,16,93,17,143,96,70,216,215],"class_list":{"0":"post-78941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-traffic","8":"tag-crash","9":"tag-pcfr","10":"tag-pcso","11":"tag-polk-county-fire-rescue","12":"tag-polk-county-sheriffs-office","13":"tag-traffic","14":"tag-vehicle-accident","15":"tag-vehicle-crash","16":"tag-whfd","17":"tag-winter-haven-fire-department"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/img_1693-1.jpg?fit=720%2C575&ssl=1","aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t