{"id":49636,"date":"2024-09-11T17:46:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T21:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=49636"},"modified":"2024-09-11T17:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T21:46:29","slug":"39-year-old-man-dies-in-crash-on-lakelands-memorial-boulevard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/09\/11\/39-year-old-man-dies-in-crash-on-lakelands-memorial-boulevard\/","title":{"rendered":"39-year-old man dies in crash on Lakeland’s Memorial Boulevard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A 39-year-old Auburndale man died in a crash on Memorial Boulevard in Lakeland on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a news release from Lakeland police, the accident happened about 10:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of East Memorial Boulevard.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Moises Perez Martinez, 39, of Auburndale was driving a Toyota Celica west when, for unknown reasons, he crossed the center turn lane and into the eastbound lanes. A Ford pickup truck driven by Patrick Accetta, 71, struck the Toyota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Units from the Lakeland Police Department, Polk County Fire Rescue and the Lakeland Fire Department arrived and begin life-saving measures, but Perez Martinez was declared dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accetta and his passenger, Dianne Accetta, 75, were taken to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center with significant injuries, the release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The road was shut down for about three hours. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to contact Traffic Crash Investigator Officer Travis Payne at travis.payne@lakelandgov.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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