POLK COUNTY, FL – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has released information regarding a tragic incident at the South Lakeland Airport in Mulberry. The sole victim of the fatal plane crash has been identified as 76-year-old Arthur Canning, a pilot from Lakeland.
Further details surrounding the cause of the crash or the sequence of events leading up to it have not been disclosed at this time. The community mourns the loss of Mr. Canning, and the investigation into the crash is ongoing.