MAY 10, 2023
Guatemalan man with no valid driver’s license and illegally in the country arrested during the Willow Oak double fatal crash investigation
Media Contact: Alicia Manautou, PIO
On Tuesday, May 9, 2023, Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested 24-year-oldElmer Giron Canil Elmer Bryan Giron-Canil of Mulberry for 1) negligently operating a motor vehicle and causing serious injury or death to a person while not possessing a driver’s license (F3)(6 counts) and 2) driving without a valid license (M2)(1 count). Canil is a Guatemalan citizen in the U.S. illegally.
Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff's Office, along with Polk County Fire Rescue, were dispatched at about 5:41 a.m., to the crash scene on S.R. 60 West near the intersection of Pine Grove Road in Willow Oak near Mulberry.
Upon arrival of first responders, a 33-year-old man was found deceased. He was a passenger in a silver 2007 Ford Expedition that was driven by Canil. A second passenger, a 62-year-old man, was transported to an area hospital where he died from his injuries.
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