WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Polk County deputies say a woman and her 13-year-old grandson were killed in a crash Monday evening in Winter Haven.
It happened around 6:35 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 27 and Cypress Gardens Boulevard.
According to the sheriff's office, Tanya Chewning was driving with her 13-year-old grandson, Curtis. As the car made a left turn onto U.S. 27, deputies say a 44-year-old Lake Wales woman failed to stop at a red light and struck Chewning’s car on the driver’s side.
Deputies say Chewning and her grandson were dead when they arrived. The other woman and her one-year-old granddaughter, who was in the car at the time of the crash, suffered minor injuries, according to the report.
The crash is still under investigation.
