SUV driver killed in Lakeland crash, passenger seriously injured
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Police: 20-year-old SUV driver killed in Lakeland crash, passenger seriously injured

Police: 20-year-old SUV driver killed in Lakeland crash, passenger seriously injured
ANNOUNCER: LOCAL, LIVE, LATE-BREAKING. WESH 2 NEWS ON CW18 STARTS NOW. LUANA: TONIGHT WE KNOW A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS KILLED IN AN OVERNIGHT CRASH IN POLK COUNTY. INVESTIGATORS SAY A FORD EXPEDITION WAS TRAVELING WEST ON MEMORIAL BOULEVARD NEAR I-4 AROUND 2:30 THIS MORNING WHEN IT CROSSED THE MEDIAN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE DRIVER THEN HIT A MEDIAN, FLIPPING THE SUV MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DRIVER, 20-YEAR-OLD JEISON GUTIERREZ FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. HE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. HIS PASSENGER WAS TREATED FO
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Police: 20-year-old SUV driver killed in Lakeland crash, passenger seriously injured
Lakeland police responded to a deadly crash early Sunday morning. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday near the Interstate 4 access ramp and Memorial Boulevard. According to the Lakeland Police Department, a Ford Expedition was headed west on Memorial Boulevard before the crash. Police say the vehicle left the roadway, causing it to cross a grass median and move into eastbound lanes. The SUV then struck a concrete median and rolled over several times after the driver, Jeison Gutierrez, 20, of Plant City tried to negotiate a curve.Gutierrez, who police say wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the SUV. Life-saving measures were performed on Gutierrez at the scene. He was later pronounced dead. A 31-year-old passenger had serious injuries that weren't life-threatening. According to Lakeland police, speed was a factor in the crash. The Traffic Homicide Unit is leading the investigation.Police also say toxicology tests will be conducted.

Lakeland police responded to a deadly crash early Sunday morning.

The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday near the Interstate 4 access ramp and Memorial Boulevard.

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According to the Lakeland Police Department, a Ford Expedition was headed west on Memorial Boulevard before the crash.

Police say the vehicle left the roadway, causing it to cross a grass median and move into eastbound lanes.

The SUV then struck a concrete median and rolled over several times after the driver, Jeison Gutierrez, 20, of Plant City tried to negotiate a curve.

Gutierrez, who police say wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the SUV.

Life-saving measures were performed on Gutierrez at the scene. He was later pronounced dead.

A 31-year-old passenger had serious injuries that weren't life-threatening.

According to Lakeland police, speed was a factor in the crash.

The Traffic Homicide Unit is leading the investigation.

Police also say toxicology tests will be conducted.