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Rafael Fernandes De Aguiar Valim, Taylor Jeffrey Bowden killed, Robert Lewis Edwards injured when SUV leaves road and crashes upside down into creek in Winter Haven, Florida

Date: 
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Area: 
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
A grandson of retired Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden was among two young men killed Thursday in a traffic crash in Polk County, the Sheriff's Office said. Investigators said the driver, Rafael Fernandes De Aguiar Valim, 25, and passenger Taylor Jeffrey Bowden, 23, both of Winter Haven, and Robert Lewis Edwards, 22, of Boca Raton were at a bar in Winter Haven on Christmas night prior to the 2 a.m. crash in Winter Haven. Edwards, the back-seat passenger, survived the crash into a ditch or creek filled with 5 feet of water.

Eric Rocco Russo, Charles V. Parker killed, Jessica Lynn Carroll, Rex John Brinker injured in 3 car crash.

Date: 
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Area: 
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL

Two people were killed early Sunday in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 98 North in Lakeland.

The incident occurred at approximately 3:15 a.m. on a two-lane stretch between Rockridge and Socrum Loop roads.

According to a Polk County Sheriff’s Office report a 2006 Toyota Scion driven by 19-year-old Eric Rocco Russo of Lakeland was traveling south approaching the intersection of Big Cypress Blvd.

Eric McCoy, 48, lands airplane in lake after engine failure near Bartlow, Florida

Date: 
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Area: 
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
A Winter Haven pilot landed his plane in a lake after his engine failed. Eric McCoy, 48, was flying his 1946 North American Navion north from Winter Haven airport around noon when the engine began misfiring a sputtering. Polk deputies say McCoy sent out a "may day" call to the Bartow Municipal Airport tower. With limited options, McCoy retracted his landing gear and made a hard landing in Lake Hancock. The area where he landed was about 4 feet deep.

Michael Stanley Cox, Yvette Marie Cox, killed in motorcycle collision with garbage truck.

Date: 
Friday, November 29, 2013
Area: 
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL

A Central Florida couple is dead after their motorcycle crashed into a garbage truck.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office reports Michael Stanley Cox and his wife Yvette Marie Cox were riding in a Harley Davidson after going to Publix Saturday afternoon in Lakeland.

The two were traveling south on Lakeland Highlands Road when a garbage truck driven by Bobby Caswell crossed in front of them.

Investigators say Cox may have tried to take evasive action but the motorcycle struck the side of the truck.