Bartow , FL : 30- Years old Mickal Graham killed and other injured in fatal Crash after driver lost control and struck a railroad crossing on Saturday ,April 18 2015
Bartow police are investigating a fatal crash in which two people were ejected from a vehicle.
The crash happened about 7:30 a.m. Saturday on Martin Luther King Boulevard near US Highway 17 South.
Police said Takashemia Sanders, 36, was heading westbound on MLK Boulevard when she lost control and struck a railroad crossing, causing the vehicle to leave the roadway.
The car then struck a tree, and both Sanders and her passenger, Mickal Graham, 30, were ejected from the car.
Sanders died at the scene.
Graham was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and is in stable condition.
Police believe Sanders may have been speeding before the crash.
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1 killed in Bartow crash