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Car Found So A Happy Ending


It turns out there was a little confusion.

Tracey Loverde of Lakeland came to Fantasy of Flight this morning where vehicles involved in Wednesday’s crashes are stored looking for her 2000 maroon Buick LeSabre. She had avoided being hit in the series of collisions but had to abandon her car.

The problem is, her car wasn’t there and along with it her cell phone and ring of keys.  She talked to a trooper who said the Buick was not on the list of vehicles towed to Fantasy of Flight and suggested she check with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office next.

Finally, after help from the Florida Highway Patrol, she’s on her way to be reunited with not only her vehicle, but missing belongings. It turns out her car, moved to the side of the road, was masked by some Department of Transportation vehicles.

Loverde described herself as being very relieved.


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About The Pileup:


        Smoke from a brush fire mixed with early morning fog was blamed for a pileup of at least 70 vehicles in Polk County, which Sheriff Grady Judd called "the worst you’ve ever seen."
        At least four people were killed and at least 38 were injured, many of them seriously.
        About 20 of the vehicles involved were tractor-trailer rigs and tankers, and at least one caught fire, sparking a blaze that spread to at least a dozen other vehicles.
        Up to 100 people were involved, Judd said.
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