Minerva Cruz, 79, died, Confesor Lopez, 77, was critically injured in a collision with a dump truck at Canal Road and Lake Mabel Loop in Lake Wales, Florida
79-year-old dead, 1 other critically injured after crash with dump truck in Polk County
The Polk County Sheriff's Office said around 2:30 p.m., the victims were at a stop sign on Canal Road in a 2011 silver Toyota Yaris. 79-year-old Minerva Cruz, the driver, began to enter Lake Mabel Loop to turn left. But Cruz entered into the path of a 2020 Kenworth dump truck loaded with sand, which was heading north on the same road.
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