WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A woman on a bicycle was hurt after a car crashed into her, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
It happened just before 6:30 a.m. Thursday on Cypress Gardens Boulevard at Old Helena Road in Winter Haven. The sheriff's office says the car involved is a green 2002 Ford Escort ZX2 coupe.
As a result of the crash, morning traffic was "heavily interrupted" in the area. Specifically, traffic was impacted most between Overlook Drive and Cypress Gardens Road.
Deputies made the eastbound side of Cypress Gardens Boulevard one lane to allow westbound traffic to "ease" through the area. The lanes are now completely open again, the sheriff's office reports.
The sheriff's office says the woman was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
