Crime & Safety
4 People Seriously Injured In Crash On Interstate 4 In Polk County
Following the crash, the two vehicles overturned and one burst into flames.
POLK COUNTY, FL —Four people were seriously injured Monday in a rollover crash on Interstate 4 in which one of the vehicles burst into flames.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, at 3:36 a.m., a car driven by a 21-year-old Windermere woman overtook and crashed into a sport utility vehicle driven by a 68-year-old Lakeland City man headed east on Interstate 4.
Both vehicles rotated onto the grass shoulder, overturned and the car driven by the Windermere woman burst into flames.
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Both drivers along with a 43-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man riding in the SUV were hospitalized with serious injuries.
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