אסונות · Winter Haven bus crashCar crosses center line, hits school bus with 37 students: 2 dead, no arrestנכתב 6 באוקטובר 2026 בשעה 00:51 UTCצפייהתמליל0:09A car crossed the center line and hit a school bus carrying thirty seven students.0:14Two people are dead.0:15A tenth grade girl riding to Winterhaven High School.0:18And the driver of a Jeep, the bus struck head on.0:21Nobody has been arrested.0:22Why did the car cross the line and will its driver face charges?0:25It was still dark about 6.13 a.m.0:28when Polk County Bus 1819 headed east toward Winterhaven High School.0:32Preliminary review of the bus video shows it in its own lane.0:35A white Chevrolet Malibu heading west crossed the center line, for reasons not yet0:39known, and struck the bus near its rear wheels.0:42The impact ripped a tire off.0:44The bus lost control and veered into the westbound lane, where it hit a silver jeep0:48head on, then flipped onto its roof in a ditch.0:51The jeep caught fire and its driver died at the scene.0:54The bus did not burn.0:56The girl on the bus died at the scene too.0:58Neither victim has been named.1:00The crash happened on Lucerne Park Road, State Road five hundred forty four, about a1:04mile and a half west of US twenty seven, near a Walmart distribution center1:08northeast of Winterhaven.1:09More than 100 first responders worked the scene, and the road stayed closed in both1:14directions until about 2 p.m.1:1539 people were aboard, 37 students, the driver, and her 9-year-old daughter.1:20The students left the scene four ways.1:2222 rode to a hospital on another school bus with a paramedic.1:257 went by ambulance.1:263 were airlifted.1:284 were taken by their families.1:29The driver and her daughter went by ambulance.1:31Those student figures add up to 36, the 37 students minus the girl who died.1:36That is arithmetic, not an official count.1:38By evening, most of the injured had been treated and released.1:41Early in the day, 5 to 7 trauma alerts were issued, with one person critical.1:46Patients went to Advent Health Heart of Florida, Lakeland Regional Health, Winter1:50Haven Hospital, and Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital, and one hospital had1:54discharged 10 young patients to their parents by midday.1:57One adult from another vehicle went by ambulance, and two other people got2:01themselves to hospital.2:02A woman on her way to work stopped and helped injured students at the scene, but no2:06total for serious injuries has been published.2:09And nobody has released a current condition for anyone still hospitalized.2:12The county's sheriff called it the most horrific bus tragedy in decades, as far back2:17as he can remember.2:18The school superintendent credited evacuation drills with limiting the harm.2:22He said families had been contacted and district staff were at the hospitals2:25reuniting students with parents.2:27Winterhaven High stayed open.2:29The Malibu's driver was on the way to work and is cooperating with traffic homicide2:33investigators.2:34There has been no arrest and no charge.2:36Nothing in the reporting says whether impairment, a medical emergency distraction,2:40or something else played a part.2:42The bus video and 911 calls were not released Monday.2:45Accounts differ on one detail: whether the car hit the bus's rear wheels or hit its2:49side and tore the rear wheels off.2:51They probably describe the same impact, and final findings will settle it.2:55Accounts also differ on how many other vehicles were involved.2:58Two or three, though at least one more was.3:00And an early report placed the crash near Orlando.3:02It happened in Polk County.3:04So the question stands: no one has said why the car crossed the line, and no charges3:08have been announced.3:09Federal involvement is unconfirmed.3:11A National Transportation Safety Board investigation has been reported, but the3:15Sheriff's Office has not listed it.3:17The victims' names, any charging decision, the video, and the full injury count are3:21all still to come.3:22The Sheriff's Office has scheduled its next briefing for 11 a.m.3:25Tuesday at its operations center in Winter Haven.קריאת הכתבהציר הזמן של הסיפורHeyDexהסרטון הקצר ↗מי דיווח על מהנקודות שדיווח עליהן יותר מכלי תקשורת אחדPeople killed in the crash3 כלי תקשורתMalibu colliding with the busשני כלי תקשורתPeople taken to hospitals as trauma alertsשני כלי תקשורתPeople aboard the school busשני כלי תקשורתנקודות שדיווח עליהן רק כלי תקשורת אחד9דווח רק על ידי WRALOther students injured on the bus5 באוק׳, 17:31 UTCBus hitting another vehicle and overturning5 באוק׳, 17:31 UTCTime of the crash5 באוק׳, 17:31 UTCSchool destination of the bus5 באוק׳, 17:31 UTCדווח רק על ידי NBC NewsMalibu driver cooperating with investigators5 באוק׳, 17:52 UTCOfficials praising the response and evacuation drills5 באוק׳, 17:52 UTCFederal authorities helping investigate6 באוק׳, 0:41 UTCדווח רק על ידי Associated PressMalibu driver’s direction and reason for crossing5 באוק׳, 21:32 UTCBus evacuation drills and student injuries5 באוק׳, 21:32 UTCכל שורה היא הטענה כפי שתיעדנו אותה מהדיווח של אותו כלי תקשורת. הושווה נכון ל-8 באוקטובר 2026 בשעה 00:03 UTC.
