MARION COUNTY, FL : 8 dead after accident involving bus transporting farm workers on Monday, 13th May 2024

The driver of a Ford Ranger pickup truck involved in a deadly bus crash in Marion County, Florida, was arrested Tuesday afternoon.

Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, was charged with eight counts of DUI - Manslaughter for his role in the Tuesday morning bus crash that took the lives of eight farm workers and injured 40 others.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office said they were called to the scene of the bus crash at 6:37 a.m. Tuesday. The Florida Highway Patrol said the bus was transporting approximately 53 employees of a farming company.

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