FORT MEADE, Fla. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is on the scene of a traffic crash on US Hwy 98 East at Adams Rd in Fort Meade involving a semi-tanker truck and a White Grove worker transport bus.
According to deputies, there were 38 occupants of the bus, and of those, one is deceased, four were trauma alerted to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, and four were taken to Sebring Hospital.
The semi-tanker driver was transported to Bartow Regional Medical Center.
The roadway in that area is shut down until further notice.
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Deputies asked to please avoid the area and use alternate routes.
We will update this story as more details are released.
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