A 58-year-old Sebring resident was killed shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday when his Chevy pickup veered off the north-bound shoulder of U.S 98, and he was thrown out of the pickup, according to a Florida Highway Patrol press release. ...more

April 5, 2009

Toxicology results are pending in a fatal crash that killed a 70-year-old man in Polk County on Wednesday morning. ...more

April 2, 2009

A two-vehicle crash on State Road 70, just east of New Pine Ridge Road, took the life of a Lake Placid man at about 9:40 p.m. Monday, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. ...more

March 31, 2009

The stepdaughter of a Winter Haven police officer died Sunday morning and the daughter of a Polk County firefighter was seriously injured when their vehicle hit a power pole and rolled over in Winter Haven. ...more

February 8, 2009

Seven Polk County detention deputies were injured Saturday morning after a work van used to shuttle them between jails flipped on U.S. 17, the sheriff's office said. ...more

January 4, 2009

The Dade City Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred on Martin Luther King Boulevard early this morning. ...more

January 3, 2009

The two 17-year-old Winter Haven boys were best friends. They had attended Lake Region High School together, and they hung out every day. On Monday night, Aldeir Mayorga and Troy Christopher Cockrum were returning from another night of socializing with friends when a car crash killed them both, Cockrum's mother said today. ...more

December 30, 2008

Two collisions were reported Sunday within two hours of each other. The first one resulted in one fatality and one critical injury. The second resulted in a man being thrown from his motorcycle, troopers said. ...more

November 24, 2008

Students at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School began and closed their school day the same way: with a prayer vigil for fellow student Alessandra Augello, one of two teenagers who died Monday night after a collision less than a mile from the school. ...more

November 12, 2008

A Lakeland man died in a crash about 3:30 p.m. today on Rockridge Road near U.S. 98 in Polk County. ...more

November 7, 2008