Single-vehicle motorcycle crash kills Winter Haven man, sheriff's office says

CYPRESS GARDENS, Fla. – A single-vehicle motorcycle crash early Saturday in Polk County took the life of a 26-year-old Winter Haven man, according ...

January 28, 2023
7:10 PM

CYPRESS GARDENS, Fla. – A single-vehicle motorcycle crash early Saturday in Polk County took the life of a 26-year-old Winter Haven man, according to the sheriff's office, which added speed likely played a factor in the wreck.The crash occurred around 1:51 a.m. on westbound Cypress Gardens Boulevard near Cypress Gardens Road, a sheriff's office Facebook post states.[TRENDING: ‘More questions than answers:' Woman ID'd after deadly Orlando crash closes I-4 for 12 hours | Central Florida leaders react to brutal beating of Tyre Nichols at hands of Memphis police | Become a News 6 Insider]The motorcyclist, identified by the sheriff's office as Freddie Wardlaw III, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the post.

Brandon Hogan