{"id":54329,"date":"2025-03-02T17:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T22:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=54329"},"modified":"2025-03-02T17:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T22:51:11","slug":"polk-county-woman-dies-after-reports-of-her-sitting-standing-in-the-middle-of-a-busy-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/03\/02\/polk-county-woman-dies-after-reports-of-her-sitting-standing-in-the-middle-of-a-busy-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County woman dies after reports of her sitting, standing in the middle of a busy highway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A woman died on Saturday after walking into the middle of a busy highway and getting struck by a vehicle, according to The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Deputies said the crash occurred around 6 a.m. on U.S. Highway 92 West at Payne Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around that time, the PCSO Emergency Communications Center reported receiving an influx of calls from motorists saying that a woman was sitting in the middle of the road on the east lanes of the highway, forcing cars to drive around her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While on the phone with PCSO telecommunicators, a caller said they saw the woman stand up and walk into the road before being struck by a red SUV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to deputies, the driver of the SUV was a 71-year-old man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was dark at the time of the incident and the man told deputies he did not see the woman until she appeared right in front of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victim was identified as a 45-year-old woman but her name has not yet been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She died at the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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