POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Four people were injured in a crash between an ambulance and a pickup truck at the intersection of U.S. 27 and State Road 544 near Winter Haven, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said the ambulance, which was transporting a patient from Haines City to Winter Haven Hospital, was heading west on SR 544 around 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 when its driver looked both ways and entered the intersection. When the ambulance entered the intersection, it was struck by a Ford pickup pulling a trailer that was traveling at a high speed, FOX 35 reported.

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Three people, two medics and a patient were inside the ambulance at the time of the crash, authoriti

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