WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A three-way crash involving an ambulance in Winter Haven on Tuesday morning left one driver dead, according to Polk County Fire Rescue.

In a release, fire officials said that the crash happened along Spirit Lake Road around 10 a.m.

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At the time, the PCFR ambulance was responding to an emergency call with its lights and sirens at the time of the crash, fire officials announced.

“When additional fire rescue crews arrived on scene, they noted the driver of the second vehicle was deceased,” the release reads. “The driver of the third vehicle was not injured.”

Investigators said the two PCFR crew members were taken to a local hospital, where they were treated and released.

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