iPhone Alerts Florida Cops of Serious Crash Involving 3 Teens In Stolen Vehicle

Three teenage suspects were taken to the hospital early Thursday morning, August 31, 2023, after they crashed a vehicle they had just stolen.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the single vehicle crash by an Apple iPhone that belonged to one of the suspects. The phone detected the crash, and auto-reported it at around 2:35 am.

PCSO deputies and Polk County Fire Rescue responded to the crash scene on Lake Hatchineha Road (County Road 542) near Firetower Road, in Poinciana. Upon their arrival, they found the suspects crawling on the ground near a wrecked black Kia Sorrento.