Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 14, 2009

Dry conditions are triggering more brush fires than usual and authorities are trying harder to alert motorists to the smoky hazards after last year's deadly pileup on Interstate 4. ...more

March 11, 2009

The first thing Sam Spadavecchia sees after slamming into the back of the cargo truck is the man at his window. ...more

February 17, 2008

The first thing Sam Spadavecchia sees after slamming into the back of the cargo truck is the man at his window. The front of Spadavecchia's pickup is jammed underneath the truck's rear end. The steering wheel presses so hard against his chest that he can hardly breathe. The crumpled dashboard smashes down on his right leg, nearly crushing his foot under the brake pedal. "Get me out," he begs. ...more

February 16, 2008

Everything went wrong in the pre-dawn fog and smoke on Interstate 4 in Polk County the morning of the 70-car pileup. And yet all the people officially connected to the disaster say they did everything just right. ...more

January 15, 2008

State forestry officials are re-examining their policies after a controlled burn in Polk County raged out of control, blowing smoke across Interstate 4 and perhaps contributing to a 70-car pileup Wednesday morning. ...more

January 11, 2008

Dense fog rolled in so quickly early Wednesday morning that troopers patrolling Interstate 4 never had time to close the road before a series of crashes that killed four people and injured 38 others, a highway patrol spokesman said. ...more

January 11, 2008

A blinding snowstorm blew across the Plains on Saturday, causing at least two deaths and dozens of injuries in numerous multi-car pileups and forcing authorities to close portions of several major highways. ...more

December 23, 2007

DOVER — The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle accident today in the westbound lanes of I-4 at McIntosh Road. ...more

October 24, 2007

MAYHEM AT TALLADEGA Here are just a few of the more recent incidents that have made Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR's most notorious track: ...more

October 3, 2007