Florida Highway Patrol said 53 people were on board the bus that was transporting migrant workers to a watermelon farm.
At least people died when a bus carrying migrant workers to a watermelon farm crashed on a Florida highway Tuesday morning.Authorities have shut down a major state road in Marion County as they investigate the cause of the accident. Eight victims are in critical condition and 37 people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to officials.Florida Highway Patrol said 53 people were on board the bus when it crashed on State Road 40 between Ocala and Dunnellon, Fla.
Marion County Public School's buses were used to transport injured people to the hospital. No students were involved in the crash, according to WCJB.State Road 40 is closed between U.S. Highway 41 and West County Road 328.'We're not allowed to disclose information over the phone or in person,' Adel Alars, with the highway patrol in Ocala, told Newsweek.The Marion County Sheriff's Department and the Florida Highway Patrol would not comment.This is developing news story.
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