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Tue May 14 2024
Dozens of workers were on their way to a Florida farm when their bus crashed and overturned, killing at least eight, officials said.
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![Emergency workers work the scene of a fatal bus crash carrying laborers that overturned Tuesday morning, May 14, 2024 off West State Road 40 in west Marion County, about a mile west of SW 140th Avenue. As of 8:30 a.m. Eight people had died and more than two dozen more were injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials on scene said the laborers worked for a private company and were being taken to a watermelon farm. There is no name on the side of the bus, and the owner of the private company was aboard the vehicle and had to be transported to a hospital after the crash. No additional details were available as of 9:05 a.m. There were 53 people aboard the bus, officials said. Eight died, eight more were critically injured and the rest had minor or no injuries, but still were taken to local hospitals for evaluation.[Doug Engle/Ocala Star Banner]2024](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/authoring-images/2024/05/14/NOSB/73683871007-oca-bus-crash-01.JPG?crop=2449,1377,x0,y0&width=1200&disable=upscale&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
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