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Thursday, May 1, 2014Police say a city worker died when a garbage truck hit him in an Orlando church parking lot.
Officials say 26-year-old Brandon Bristol died before 5 a.m. Friday as the garbage truck emptied trash containers.
Orlando police Sgt. Jim Young says 48-year-old driver Reginald Virgil realized his co-worker was no longer on the back of the garbage truck and circled back around. He found Bristol's body.
Young says the death appears to be a "tragic accident."
Investigators are trying to figure out what happened. They say Bristol likely died on impact.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014Authorities say nine students were hospitalized with minor injuries following a school bus crash in central Florida.
The Florida Highway Patrol reports that the bus was heading to Bridgewater Middle School Monday morning when the driver, 55-year-old Linda Rickerson, tried to make a left turn at an Orlando intersection. FHP reports that a PT Cruiser crashed into the side of the bus. The PT Cruiser's driver was also injured.
Troopers cited the bus driver with violating the right of way.
Uninjured students were released from the scene, and another bus took them to school.