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    Taylor Bowden (23) Rafael Valim (25) killed in crash

    Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden's grandson was one of two men killed when their car flipped into a small ditch off a central Florida road, officials said Thursday.

    Taylor Jeffrey Bowden, 23, and driver Rafael Fernandes De Aguiar Valim, 25, died in the crash, according to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff's Office. A third man in the crash - 22-year-old Robert Lewis Edwards - was rescued after spending hours in water up to his neck.

    "Our whole family had just celebrated Christmas together in Panama City, as well as celebrated T.J.'s graduation from Florida State just three weeks ago," Bobby Bowden said in a statement released by the University of Akron, where son Terry is the football coach. "We will cherish those last memories together with T.J. forever."

    T.J. Bowden was the son of Jeff Bowden, a former Florida State assistant coach under his father who is now on brother Terry's staff at Akron.

    "I can't express the grief I feel right now," Jeff Bowden said in a statement. "Please keep us in your prayers."

    A trash collector reported the submerged car at 7:47 a.m. The Mitsubishi wasn't very visible from the road, but the Florida Refuse truck was high enough to allow the worker to see it.

    At first, Winter Haven police, sheriff's deputies, paramedics and the sheriff's office dive team who responded couldn't find survivors. The front end of the care was completely submerged, while part of the back end was sticking up out of the water.

    More than three hours later, dive team members in the water heard noises coming from in the car. They were able to communicate with Edwards, who said he was cold and needed help. After several minutes, Edwards was out of the water and he was being treated for hypothermia and other injuries at a hospital.

    The dive team then located the bodies of Bowden and De Aguiar Valim.

    The details of the crash were being investigated, but alcohol appears to be a factor, the sheriff's office reported.

    Deputies have attempted to talk to Edwards about what happened but said he wasn't lucid. It appears that the car was heading north on Country Club Road when it cross the southbound lane, crashed through a fence, went down an embankment and came to a rest upside down in the water.

    Bobby Bowden led the Seminoles from 1976 to 2009. The 84-year-old holds the NCAA Division I record for career wins and bowl victories and won two national championships.

    In September 2004, Bobby Bowden's grandson, 15-year-old Bowden Madden, and former son-in-law, John Allen Madden, were killed when their car was hit a by a utility truck that was helping to restore power outages caused by Hurricane Frances.

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    Taylor (T.J.) Jeffrey Bowden
    Taylor (T.J.) Jeffrey Bowden, 23, of Tallahassee, FL passed away Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013 in Winter Haven due to an auto accident.

    Born March 14, 1990 in Birmingham, AL he was a longtime resident of Winter Haven. He was a recent graduate of Florida State University and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Winter Haven. He had the biggest heart in the world and a smile that was contagious. He will be greatly missed.

    He is preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Don and Agnes Corby.

    He is survived by his mother, Luann Corby of Winter Haven; his father, George (Cindi) Jeffrey Bowden of Akron, OH; two brothers, Hunter Bowden of Florence, AL and Robert Lescher of Tallahassee, FL; three sisters, Kayla Owens of Winter Haven, Julia Bowden of Akron, OH and Haley (Josh)Byers of Tallahassee, FL; and his paternal grandparents, Bobby and Ann Bowden of Tallahassee, FL.[/url]
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    Rafael Fernandes De Aguiar Valim, 25, of Winter Haven, FL passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2013 due to an automobile accident.

    Born October 20, 1988 in Araras, Brazil he moved here in 2000. He was a Student at the University of Florida School of Architecture, and a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church in Winter Haven.

    He is survived by: his parents, Marcos and M. Filomena Valim of Winter Haven; and two brothers, Gabriel Valim and his wife Jillian of Portage, MI and Henrique Valim of New York, NY; and a nephew Marcos Ruy Valim.
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