Tragedy in Marion County. At least eight migrant workers are reportedly dead after bus carrying 53 workers overturned in a crash in Dunnellon.
The Florida Highway Patrol and Marion County Fire Rescue confirming that the bus carrying the laborers to a watermelon farm was headed west on a two-lane highway when a Ford Ranger coming the opposite direction swerved into their lane. The sideswiped bus went through a fence and overturned in a field.
At least 37 people are hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. Eight others are critical. The story is developing.