- City
- Winter Haven
- County
- Polk County
- State
- FL
- Location
- Lucerne Park Road (SR 544), about 1.5 miles from US 27
- Category
- Public Safety
- Severity
- high
- Priority
- high
- Occurred On
- 2026-10-05 06:15:00-04:00
- Published On
- 2026-10-06 12:17:00-04:00
- Source Records
- 1
- Source
- 2 dead in school bus collision with SUV, Jeep, Polk County sheriff says
Summary
A school bus collision involving a Jeep killed two people, including a student and the Jeep driver; multiple students were transported and the NTSB was investigating.
Verification
- Occurrence Confidence
- exact
- Publication Confidence
- exact
- Verification Status
- Validated
- Source Role
- Local news with official attribution and wire corroboration