Three-vehicle crash near Davenport Tuesday morning leaves one driver dead<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three vehicles were involved in a fatal crash that occurred Tuesday morning, January 27, 2026, just north of the city of Davenport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At around 6:04 am, deputies from the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office were dispatched to the crash on US 17\/92 near Bargain Barn Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upon arrival, they found three vehicles had been involved in the crash. Each vehicle was only occupied by a driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two of the drivers were not injured, but the third driver was deceased in his vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputies secured the scene and closed down US 17\/92. The roadway remained closed for about four hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three drivers who were involved were:
\u2022Jose Luis Velazquez, 47, of Haines City (Deceased). He was driving a silver 2014 Infiniti Q50.
\u2022Steven Scott King, 61, Haines City. He was driving a black 2014 Jeep Cherokee.
\u2022Yaicel Espinosa Pacheco, 40, Orlando. He was driving a red 2006 Sterling dump truck.
Mr. King and Mr. Pacheco had been wearing their seat belt, but Mr. Velazquez was not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time of the collision, Mr. Pacheco (dump truck) was southbound on US 17\/92. The other two vehicles were northbound on US 17\/92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were no independent witnesses of the crash, nor any video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Evidence showed that there was contact made between the two northbound cars, which caused the Infiniti to enter the southbound lane, in front of the oncoming dump truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional investigation and processing of evidence will be conducted, and any charges are pending the outcome of the investigation, which remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three-vehicle crash near Davenport Tuesday morning leaves one driver dead Three vehicles were involved in a fatal crash that occurred Tuesday morning, January 27, 2026, just north of the city of Davenport. At around 6:04 am, deputies from the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office were dispatched to the crash on US 17\/92 near Bargain Barn Road. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":80501,"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":[25,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-80502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-traffic","8":"tag-davenport","9":"tag-fatal-crash"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_2286.jpg?fit=2000%2C1091&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