LAKELAND, Fla. — One person is dead after a driver crashed into a Lakeland home on Monday.
Lakeland Police said the driver, Alexander Dalton Collins, 27, was traveling south down Longfellow Boulvard in a 2016 Dodge Durango around 4:12 p.m.
While approaching the intersection of North Crystal Lake Drive, Collins allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign and struck two signposts before crashing into the occupied home.
The Dodge came to a final rest inside the house, striking a 24-year-old man.
When the police arrived, along with Polk County Fire Rescue and the Lakeland Fire Department, they began life-saving measures on the victim. He was eventually pronounced dead at the scene.
Collins and a passenger of the Dodge, as well as two additional people in the home, were uninjured.
Police said the intersection was shut down for around five hours while they investigated.
Anyone with information about the crash should contact investigating Officer Travis Payne at Travis.Payne@Lakelandgov.net.
