Lakeland, FL : Woman killed as pickup truck crashes into Lakeland home on Thursday morning, October 13, 2016

A woman was killed Thursday morning when a pickup truck crashed into a home in Lakeland.

According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the crash happened on Orange Valley Drive near Fitzgerald Road just before 5 a.m.

Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said 24-year-old Ryan Tallent of Plant City was driving the truck when it slammed into the home, killing Janice Folds, 76.

Judd said the truck plowed through a guest room in the home before going through the dining room and ending up in the kitchen.

Folds was in the guest room when the truck plowed into the home. Her husband, the Rev. Wyatt Folds was only a few feet away from his wife when she was hit.

Judd said Tallent was speeding when he lost control of his truck and smashed into the house.

Tallent has been charged with DUI manslaughter.

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Woman killed as pickup truck crashes into Lakeland home