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7 Deputies Injured

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 4, 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.

Two deputies - driver Samone D. Scott, 21, and passenger Kevin Schuttler, 23, suffered serious injuries, said Polk sheriff's office spokeswoman Carrie Eleazer. Both were listed in stable condition late Saturday afternoon at Bartow Regional Medical Center, she said.

According to Eleazer, Scott was driving the van north about 6:45 a.m. when she crossed the center median into the southbound lane just south of State Road 640. The van struck a boat being hauled by a truck, then flipped and rolled. The crash, including what caused Scott to cross the median, was being investigated.

A staff report

Body Found In Burning Car
A body was found early Saturday inside a car that was engulfed in flames in Lake Wales, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

About 4:15 a.m., a Lake Wales police officer found the overturned vehicle burning off the west side of Scenic Highway about a half-mile south of Egg Farm Road.

The sheriff's office identified the victim as Quentin Jermle Anderson, 26, of 367 Cloverdale Road in Winter Haven.

The incident appeared to be a single-vehicle accident.

PASCO

Man Fatally Shot On MLK Blvd.

Dade City police were investigating a homicide that occurred on Martin Luther King Boulevard early Saturday.

About 2:05 a.m., Officer Chris Stone heard what he thought was a gunshot east of the railroad tracks on King Boulevard, police said. About 20 to 30 seconds later, Stone saw a westbound vehicle speed across the tracks, cross the 98 By-Pass, leave the roadway on the south shoulder of King Boulevard and go through a field before striking a tree on Fifth Street just south of King.

Police said they found a man with what appeared to be a gunshot wound. He was taken to Pasco Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The victim has been identified as Thomas William Flannery, 46, of Seaberg Road in Zephyrhills. Anyone with information is asked to contact Dade City police at (352) 521-1493, or call anonymously at (352) 521-5604.

ELSEWHERE

Overboard Man Identified

MIAMI - The Coast Guard has called off the search for a cruise ship entertainment-staff member whose co-workers say fell overboard off Florida. The workers on the Carnival Sensation had reported the man falling overboard early Thursday. He was identified by the Coast Guard as 26-year-old Antonio Matabang from California.

A staff and wire report

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