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Deputy: 'I Can Still Hear Cars Hitting Each Other'

TAMPA - Deputy Jack "Carlton" Turner's voice over the department radio betrayed the horrifying scope of disaster unfolding around him on Interstate 4. "I'm having vehicles exploding all around me at this time," he said frantically near the end of the transmission recorded that morning and released by the sheriff's office on Friday. ...more

January 12, 2008

Polk Pileup Kills 4, Injures 38

POLK CITY - The usually unremarkable pulse of workday traffic on Interstate 4 seized to a hellish halt Wednesday morning, when opaque fog and smoke triggered a chain of crashes that killed at least four people and injured 38. ...more

January 10, 2008

Polk Sheriff On Scene At I-4: 'Worst You've Ever Seen'

POLK CITY - Smoke from a bush fire mixed with early morning fog was blamed for a 50-vehicle pileup in Polk County early this morning that Sheriff Grady Judd called "the worst you've ever seen." ...more

January 9, 2008

I-4 Critical But Problematic

TAMPA - Like a main artery into the heart of Tampa, Interstate 4 is vital to the delivery of commuters and goods here and to towns and cities along the way. ...more

January 9, 2008

Smoke, Fog On I-4 Trigger About 50 Wrecks, Kill 4

A deadly mix of fog and smoke from a brush fire has led to the deaths of at least four people in a series of crashes on Interstate 4 near Polk City. ...more

January 9, 2008

Polk Battles 500-Acre Fire

LAKE ALFRED - Firefighters are battling a 500-acre brush fire near Interstate 4 and State Road 557. ...more

January 8, 2008

Spate Of House Fires Plagues Polk County During Holidays

Home fires on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day brought to 11 the number of fires that have forced families from their homes in Polk County since Dec. 22, the Red Cross reported. ...more

January 3, 2008

Holidays Heat Up Fire Stats

LAKELAND - Home fires on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day brought to 11 the number of fires to force families from their homes in Polk County since Dec. 22, the Red Cross reported. ...more

January 2, 2008

Woman Dies In Polk City Fire

POLK CITY - A 46-year-old woman was found dead in her bedroom after what appears to have been an accidental fire at her trailer late Thursday night, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

December 28, 2007