Eight people killed and many injured in bus crash onSR-40 in Ocala, Marion County, Florida

Modified Date: 
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 2:48pm
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

8 dead, at least 40 injured as farmworkers' bus overturns in central Florida

The workers were being transported to Cannon Farms in Dunellon, which has been harvesting watermelons.

8 dead, 45 hospitalized in massive Florida bus crash

For reasons to be determined, the bus and a Ford Ranger truck collided in a "sideswiped manner," FHP said. After the collision, FHP says the bus traveled off the roadway, went through a fence and then overturned.

Driver of pickup that collided with farmworker bus in Florida, killing 8, is arrested on DUI charges

Bryan Maclean Howard faces eight counts of DUI-Manslaughter, the FHP said in a statement. No further details were released, including what substance allegedly left Howard impaired.

Man accused of causing Ocala bus crash that killed 8 pleads not guilty to DUI charges

On Tuesday, an attorney representing 41-year-old Bryan Howard filed the plea in county court on behalf of the man, who was charged with eight counts of DUI manslaughter and even more counts of DUI with serious injury immediately following the crash.

Type: Bus Accident
People Involved: 
Bryan Maclean Howard
Roadway: 
SR-40
City: 
Ocala, FL