Polk County sheriff's Deputy Paul Buoniconti didn't think the man could survive. Amid the fiery Interstate 4 pileup, the victim's car was pinned beneath a tractor-trailer, which in turn was wedged between two other vehicles. ...more

January 15, 2008

BARTOW - Of all the personal stories that have emerged from the massive pileup in Polk County last week, perhaps none is more compelling that the one told by Deputy Paul Buoniconti, a Marine combat veteran who drew from his wartime experience to do what he thought was right. ...more

January 14, 2008

Polk County sheriff's Deputy Jack "Carlton" Turner's voice over the department radio betrayed the horrifying scope of disaster unfolding around him on Interstate 4. ...more

January 13, 2008

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

He woke up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee Wednesday morning. Most weekday mornings, Darren Scott Snyder, who preferred to go by his middle name, was the first one up at the Auburndale house where he lived with his wife, Pamela, and in-laws, Mary and Don Ussery. ...more

January 11, 2008

LAKELAND - He woke up to the smell of freshly brewed coffee Wednesday morning. Most weekday mornings, Darren Scott Snyder, who preferred to go by his middle name, was the first one up at the Auburndale house where he lived with his wife, Pamela, and in-laws, Mary and Don Ussery. ...more

January 10, 2008

La combinación letal de neblina y humo fue la causante de un accidente de 70 autos y cuatro muertes en la Interestal 4 en el condado de Polk. ...more

January 9, 2008