{"id":65180,"date":"2026-04-24T20:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=65180"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:08:48","slug":"the-polk-county-sheriffs-office-is-currently-investigating-the-death-of-brandon-roy-moran-a-39-year-old-polk-city-resident-who-was-killed-in-an-early-morning-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/04\/24\/the-polk-county-sheriffs-office-is-currently-investigating-the-death-of-brandon-roy-moran-a-39-year-old-polk-city-resident-who-was-killed-in-an-early-morning-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office is currently investigating the death of Brandon Roy Moran, a 39-year-old Polk City resident who was killed in an early morning crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office is currently investigating the death of Brandon Roy Moran<\/strong>, a 39-year-old Polk City resident who was killed in an early morning crash on Thursday, April 23, 2026.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n

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Incident Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Time and Location:<\/strong> The crash occurred around 3:00 a.m.<\/strong> on Fussell Road<\/strong>, approximately two miles north of Polk City.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Initial Crash:<\/strong> Investigators believe Moran was operating a Polaris Sportsman 400 ATV when he lost control and was thrown from the vehicle. The ejection caused him to strike his head on the pavement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Second Vehicle:<\/strong> While Moran was lying in the roadway, he was struck by an unknown passing vehicle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Outcome:<\/strong> First responders found Moran deceased at the scene with severe head trauma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Investigation Status<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The driver of the second vehicle did not stop<\/strong> and has not been identified.<\/sup> Detectives noted that because of the time of night and the circumstances of the initial crash, the driver may not have realized they struck a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fussell Road was closed for approximately four hours following the incident.<\/sup> The PCSO Traffic Homicide Unit is continuing to investigate why Moran originally lost control of the ATV and is seeking information regarding the second vehicle involved.<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office is currently investigating the death of Brandon Roy Moran, a 39-year-old Polk City resident who was killed in an early morning crash on Thursday, April… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAxOVwvMTFcL0RlYXRoLUludmVzdGlnYXRpb24tZ3JhcGhpYy5qcGc_Zml0PTQ1MCUyQzMwMCZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6IlRoZSBQb2xrIENvdW50eSBTaGVyaWZmXHUyMDE5cyBPZmZpY2UgaXMgY3VycmVudGx5IGludmVzdGlnYXRpbmcgdGhlIGRlYXRoIG9mIEJyYW5kb24gUm95IE1vcmFuLCBhIDM5LXllYXItb2xkIFBvbGsgQ2l0eSByZXNpZGVudCB3aG8gd2FzIGtpbGxlZCBpbiBhbiBlYXJseSBtb3JuaW5nIGNyYXNoIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.J7ceSgJTW7YpPCQHJirBRncVZlAzEodjAaxmW_pciicMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMTlcLzExXC9EZWF0aC1JbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW9uLWdyYXBoaWMuanBnIiwidHh0IjoiVGhlIFBvbGsgQ291bnR5IFNoZXJpZmZcdTIwMTlzIE9mZmljZSBpcyBjdXJyZW50bHkgaW52ZXN0aWdhdGluZyB0aGUgZGVhdGggb2YgQnJhbmRvbiBSb3kgTW9yYW4sIGEgMzkteWVhci1vbGQgUG9sayBDaXR5IHJlc2lkZW50IHdobyB3YXMga2lsbGVkIGluIGFuIGVhcmx5IG1vcm5pbmcgY3Jhc2giLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.qRvTc-do8EaBymBB13jdb2ka7_j7kRyDheniPJ6qW-wMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[14467,14466],"class_list":["post-65180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-a-39-year-old-polk-city-resident-who-was-killed-in-an-early-morning-crash","tag-the-polk-county-sheriffs-office-is-currently-investigating-the-death-of-brandon-roy-moran"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65181,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65180\/revisions\/65181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}