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1 killed, 1 hurt in head-on Polk County crash, sheriff’s office says

Charges pending in crash on SR 60 near Logistics Parkway

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POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A head-on crash early Saturday near Winter Haven killed a man and left another with serious injuries, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

The crash occurred on State Road 60, about half of a mile east of Logistics Parkway, the sheriff’s office said on social media.

According to the post, a 2004 Nissan Sentra traveling east on eastbound S.R. 60 was struck head-on by a 2022 Hyundai Sonata that was traveling west in the eastbound lanes.

When first responders arrived, they found that the driver of the Nissan — identified as Orli Dagoberto Argueta Sanchez, 35, of Eagle Lake — was dead inside of , the post states.

The 27-year-old Lake Wales man driving the Hyundai was taken to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries, according to the sheriff’s office, adding criminal charges are pending the outcome of an investigation.


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