![]() ![]() The tanker driver was taken to Bartow Regional Medical Center with less serious injuries, deputies said.įuel leaked from the tanker, closing the roadway for more than eight hours. Two hit and run accidents Saturday afternoon are being investigated by the Florida Highway Patrol FHP reported around 3:15 in the parking lot of 717 44th Ave. One bus passenger died at the scene and nine other passengers were taken to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, Sebring Hospital, Lake Wales Hospital and Tampa General Hospital. Investigators said the bus was headed west when, for an unknown reason, it crossed into the eastbound lane and struck the eastbound tanker. The bus, carrying 38 people, was heading to Plant City, where the workers were going to pick strawberries, officials said. According to the Florida Highway Patrol’s Live Traffic Crash and Road Condition Report website at U.S. Highway 98 east at Adams Road in Fort Meade.Īccording to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the crash involved a tanker truck that was transporting unleaded fuel and a migrant worker bus owned by Overlook Harvesting in Winter Haven. INITIAL REPORT An accident in Wakulla County has led to a roadblock. Lake County: Wildfire reported in the vicinity of SR 44 and CR 42. ![]() Visibility is not reported as being affected. Lucie rest area Lake County: Wildfire reported in the vicinity of SR 44 and CR 42. Please be advised there is limited services at the St. Motorists should seek an alternate route. Highway 98 in Polk County, according to sheriff’s officials. A crash blocks SR-33 in both directions at Bakers Ln. – One passenger was killed and 10 others were injured early Monday in a head-on crash involving a bus and a tanker on U.S. ![]()
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