A bus carrying farmworkers in central Florida overturned on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring about 40 other passengers, AP reports citing the local authorities.
The bus was transporting 53 farmworkers at about 6:40 a.m. when it collided with a truck in Marion County, north of Orlando, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Authorities say the bus swerved off State Road 40, a straight but somewhat hilly two-lane road that passes through farms. It crashed through a fence and ended up on its side in a field. The workers were being transported to Cannon Farms in Dunellon, which has been harvesting watermelons.
There is no immediate indication that weather was a factor.
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