Tragedy on I-4...

[THOR]

Wow, that's quite the pile up this morning on I-4. 70 car pile up, at least 4 deaths and several injured, and I-4 closed until they straighten it out. I don't know what it is about I-4 but it seems to be a no man's land and death knocking on the door for those that brave this interstate. My prayers and thoughts are with the victims and families of this horrific tragedy this morning.

[jcb_njb]

I was reading about this on the web site for the local paper. Seems that smoke from a fire and fog may have been a factor.

Prayers go to the families of the lost and injured.

[Kap142]

As I just posted in another thread. The area that the pile up occurred in is not far away. Heard all the stuff this morning. I was appraised by a friend who works at the state prison in Polk City of the fire last night. Apparently the smoke combined with fog set the stage for a real mess.

I remember working that area under similar conditions and it was ZERO visability, down right ugly.

Sorry for those victims. Glad none of my forum friends or their families were involved.

[als2052]

Saw the news coverage this evening and the aerial view was unbelievabel...That stuff was the most dense that I have seen in a long time...Our thoughts are with those that were involved...Be safe out there...

[2Vettes]

Heard it on the news tonight and saw some photos...sad situation and very unfortunate.

[vett boy]

Route 4 can be bad on a good day.Elders in Buick ,kids in ricers ,A bunch of big riggs ,throw in fog and smoke. May God be with those involved.

[Rich Z]

Drive safely, everyone. And if that doesn't help, hope for a huge helping of luck to see you through....

[Gary S]

A week ago Saturday night I was driving all the way down from Georgia to south Florida on I-75. It was very foggy and I could hardly see doing about 50-60 mph. Lots of people including big trucks were flying by me going at least 80. I like driving fast but sometimes you need to slow down.

[Shadow]

Gary's right. I can recall trucks and cars passing me in heavy fog on 75 several years ago??? Doesn't make sense

I have a close friend, the one who's 50th birthday I attended on New Years Eve, who works for Hospice in Lakeland. She lives in Lutz and makes that trek daily along I-4.

She was supposed to meet a co-worker early yesterday morning at the site in Lakeland. She checked the Wx. report as she routinely does, and called the co-worker and asked to change the location to Tampa. The co-worker agreed...all are in 1 piece now

Devine intervention?

Good fortune?

Karma?

Beats the hell outta me but whatever

Glad all here are so far accounted for

Please stay safe out there....

[Rebekah7155]

I hate driving on I-4. Fortunately I don't have to very often.