'My heart sank': Winter Haven officers honor 16-year-old killed in bus crash

A Polk County school bus carrying 37 students, a driver and her 9-year-old child was hit after a white Chevy Malibu crossed the double yellow line, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Investigators said the impact tore off a tire and forced the bus into oncoming traffic, where it struck a Jeep head-on.The driver of the Jeep, 26-year-old Deshawn Smith, died at the scene. Adinaluz Prieto Oyola, a 10th-grade student at Winter Haven High School who was on the bus, also lost her life.Smith was reportedly on his way to work Monday morning at the time of the crash.Community honors victims"I felt it in my heart to come here and put some flowers here for her and her family," said Jesus Perez, a community service officer with the Winter Haven Police Department.Fellow officer Gabriel Burgos, who also assisted at the scene, offered his thoughts and prayers to the family."When we heard the call, the first thing we did was just call sergeants just to make sure, ‘Hey, we want to help as be