Eight people were killed and 40 others were injured when a migrant bus collided with a pickup truck in Marion County Tuesday morning, officials said.
Eight people were killed and 38 others were injured when a migrant bus collided with a pickup truck in Marion County on Tuesday morning, officials said.Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened shortly after 6:30 a.m. on SR-40, west of SW 148 Court, between Dunnellon and Ocala.Troopers said a 2010 International Bus transporting 53 farmworkers and a 2001 Ford Ranger truck collided, for unknown reasons, in a sideswipe manner.
I also want to thank our partners at the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Emergency Management, HCA Ocala, Advent Health Ocala, and the Marion County Public School system for their invaluable assistance in transporting 45 patients to local hospitals. Their coordinated efforts were crucial in managing this crisis." SR-40 is currently shut down from S.W. 180th Avenue Road to S.W. 140th Avenue.
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