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Polk County School Bus Crash Kills 2, Including Winter Haven High School Student: PCSO
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 5, 6:46 AM EDT
updated Oct 5, 8:00 AM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WTVT and WTSP, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Polk County school bus crash kills 2, including Winter Haven High School student: PCSO · WTVTOct 5, 6:46 AM EDT
10th-grade girl among 2 dead in Polk County school bus crash · WTSPOct 5, 3:24 PM EDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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How We Decided
Oct 5, 7:52 AM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 5, 8:09 AM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.