Winter Haven woman dies on New Year’s Eve in Polk County crash on US-27

Victim ID’d as Serrina Bielss, 22

Winter Haven woman dies in New Year's Eve crash. (Polk County Sheriff's Office)

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Winter Haven woman died Sunday evening in a crash on US-27 in Polk County when her car went off the roadway, according to sheriff’s officials.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Serrina Bielss, 22, was driving a 2015 Fiat and the only one involved in the crash.

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According to the sheriff’s office, deputies and Polk County Fire Rescue responded to the wreck around 9:50 p.m. just north of Peace Creek RV Park Road.

Bielss was traveling north on US-27 and went off the road for an unknown reason, crashing into brush along a ditch, deputies said. She was taken to the hospital, where she later died.

Detectives did not find “evidence of corrective steering or braking,” officials said.


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