DOT preaches safety to hundreds at ‘Trunk or Treat’

Xzailia Keown (from left), 8, checks her bag of candy as her sister, Nevaeh Keown, 9, gets candy from the DOT’s Crash Test Smarties during Tuesday night’s DOT Trunk or Treat event. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Xzailia Keown (from left), 8, checks her bag of candy as her sister, Nevaeh Keown, 9, gets candy from the DOT’s Crash Test Smarties during Tuesday night’s DOT Trunk or Treat event. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

The Florida Department of Transportation office took on a rather strange look, feeling and atmosphere Tuesday evening.

Rather than a parking lot filled mostly with vehicles, the office’s parking lot co…