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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Accident Involving Semis and Sedan on Hwy. 60 Sends Two to Hospital

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At approximately 2:00 pm on December 10, 2024, a traffic collision was reported in proximity to 9165 Hwy. 60 E. In Lake Wales.

According to Brian Bruchey, Public Information Officer for Polk County Sheriff’s Office, it was called in as a two-vehicle crash between a semi-truck and a sedan, causing debris on the westbound side of Hwy. 60.

This was later updated by PCSO to cite the accident involved two semis and a sedan.

Polk County Fire Rescue Public Information Officer, Nathaniel Gale, has confirmed that two patients were transported, one by ground, one trauma alert by air. 

PCSO PIO Carrie Horstman says a child was transported to Arnold Palmer in Orlando. The child’s mother was taken to a local hospital. The call was cleared at 1515 hours.

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