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Teen Dies After Crash

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By JASON GEARY | The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 23, 2007

Updated: 09/23/2007 04:36 pm

LAKE WALES - A 17-year-old died following a crash Saturday near Lake Wales, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

The wreck took place shortly after 11 p.m. at the intersection of State Road 60 and Lake Wales Road, the report states.

According to the report:

Tiffany Pitts, 18, of 114 12th Wahneta St. W. in Winter Haven, was driving a 1995 Pontiac north on Lake Wales Road with three teenage passengers.

Reyes Cortez De La Cruz, 24, of 1101 N. Franklin St. in Plant City, was traveling west on State Road 60 in a 1997 Volkswagen.

The Volkswagen crashed into the Pontiac after Pitts drove through a stop sign, according to the FHP report.

Pitts and two of her passengers, Shannon Pitts and Nicole Mallette, both 16, were transported to local hospitals, the report states. The third passenger, Morgan Brown, 17, was killed.

Cortez De La Cruz was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center

Hospital representatives would not provide health condition updates, citing requests from the families.

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