Crime & Safety
Haines City Man Killed In Hit-And-Run Crash: Deputies
The 56-year-old man was riding his three-wheeled bicycle westbound along Masterpiece Road in Lake Wales when he was struck.
LAKE WALES, FL - A Haines City man was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning and deputies are searching for the driver, according to a Polk County Sheriff’s Office report. Just after midnight, 56-year-old Leonard Wimberly Jr. of South Jennings Road in Haines City was riding his three-wheeled bicycle westbound along Masterpiece Road, just east of Longhorn Drive in Lake Wales, when he was struck by a truck also traveling westbound.
Wimberly was transported to Lake Wales Regional Medical Center, where he died.
Pieces of a side mirror were left at the scene, indicating that the suspect vehicle is a 1998-2009 Dodge 2500 or 3500 truck. The mirror left behind is a tow mirror. The truck appeared to have continued heading west on Masterpiece Road, towards Scenic Highway.
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If anyone has information about this incident, call the sheriff’s office at 863-298-6200. Anyone with information who wants to remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward is asked to call Heartland Crime Stoppers at 1-800-226-TIPS or log onto www.P3tips.com to submit your tip.
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