2024 — May 14, pickup hits migrant farm worker bus, State Rd. 40, Marion County, FL– 8
Compiled by Wayne Blanchard; last edit 5-15-2024 for upload to: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/
–8 NBC News. “8 dead after bus carrying farm workers in Florida hit by truck…” 5-14-2024.
Narrative Information
May 14, NBC: “Eight people were killed and 40 others were hospitalized after a bus carrying farm workers collided with a pickup truck and overturned early Tuesday morning in north central Florida, officials said.
“The driver of the pickup, Bryan Maclean Howard, survived the wreck and was later charged with eight counts of driving under the influence-manslaughter, said David Kerner, executive director of the state department of Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle.
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“The deadly collision happened around 6:35 a.m. on a hilly and rain-slicked rural road about 80 miles north of Orlando, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The bus, a 2010 International, was heading west on State Road 40 when “for unknown reasons” a 2001 Ford Ranger “traveled toward the centerline” and the vehicles sideswiped each other, FHP Lt. Pat Riordan told reporters. The bus, which was carrying approximately 50 people, barreled off the roadway, went through a fence, struck a tree and overturned in a field, Riordan said.
“Forty of the bus passengers were hospitalized, Riordan said. At least eight of them were critically injured, according to the Marion County Fire Rescue service, which had initially reported that a total of 53 people had been injured. Riordan warned there was a “high probability” that the death count could rise because many of the injured were “in very serious condition.”….” (NBC News (Marlene Lenthang and Corky Siemaszko). “8 dead after bus carrying farm workers in Florida hit by truck, driver of truck charged with DUI.” 5-14-2024.)
Sources
NBC News (Marlene Lenthang and Corky Siemaszko). “8 dead after bus carrying farm workers in Florida hit by truck, driver of truck charged with DUI.” 5-14-2024. Accessed 5-14-2024 at: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/8-dead-37-hospitalized-severe-bus-crash-florida-rcna152158