The bus was carrying laborers to a watermelon farm, officials said.
TAMPA, Fla. - A bus crashed on a Florida highway Tuesday morning, resulting in 8 people being killed and 8 others being critically injured, according to the The crash occurred about 6:35 a.m. off West State Road 40 in Marion County and involved a bus carrying laborers to a farm, the Star-Banner reported.
“Officials on scene said the laborers worked for a private company and were being taken to a watermelon farm,” the Star-Banner’s report states. “There is no name on the side of the bus, and the owner of the private company was aboard the vehicle and had to be transported to a hospital after the crash.”
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The newspaper also reported that the crash occurred after “a brown Ford Ranger was eastbound on the same road. A witness told troopers that for some reason the Ranger moved into the westbound lane and the vehicles collided. The bus ran onto the south shoulder, struck a board fence and struck two trees. The bus then overturned, troopers said.”
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