Event Brief
Drone Finds Man After Crash, Toddlers in Swamp
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET
Summary: Lakeland police arrested 27-year-old Isaac Kinsey after a single-vehicle crash drove through a road-closure barricade and rolled in an active construction area near Highway 33 and North Combee Road. A thermal-capable drone helped locate Kinsey in a wooded swamp south of the scene as he carried two toddlers, who were briefly dropped into standing water.
WHO: Isaac Kinsey, 27; Lakeland police; two toddlers (ages 2 and 10 months)
WHAT: A thermal-capable drone located a man carrying two toddlers after a drunken crash; officers rescued the children and arrested the driver.
WHEN: Sep 9, 2026
WHERE: Highway 33 and North Combee Road, Lakeland (near the crash site and wooded swamp south of it)
WHY: Police said the driver was intoxicated, and the crash followed a drunken driving incident.
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