Woman killed after hydroplaning car hits her head-on in Winter Haven

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A 60-year-old Haines City woman is dead after a Jeep hydroplaned and crashed into her car head-on Thursday evening in Winter Haven, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said.

It happened around 5:30 p.m. on Cypress Gardens Boulevard near the U.S. Highway 27 intersection.

A 52-year-old Bartow man driving a Jeep Gladiator was traveling westbound on Cypress Gardens Boulevard. As he went to change lanes, the Jeep reportedly hydroplaned due to slick roadways from recent rain. The driver lost control, and the Jeep crossed over the raised center median and into the path of a westbound Nissan Sentra, driven by the 60-year-old woman…

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