Driver hospitalized after car crashes into Lakeland lake: Police

A woman was hospitalized after crashing a car into a lake in Lakeland on Monday morning, according to police. 

Officers with the Lakeland Police Department were dispatched to Lake Morton at 8:45 a.m. on Monday for a driver who veered off the road near Lake Morton Drive and Pennsylvania Avenue. 

The car hit a light post and then crashed into the water, police said. 

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Crews were able to pull the driver out of the SUV, and she was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

She is in stable condition. 

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