8 dead, dozens hospitalized after migrant work bus crashes on Florida highway

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A bus crash killed eight people and injured dozens of others on a highway in Marion County, Florida, Tuesday morning.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened on West Highway 40 at 6:35 a.m.

Troopers said a 2010 International bus, which carried 53 farm workers, and a Ford Ranger truck sideswiped each other — causing the bus to swerve off the road.

The bus then crashed into a fence and flipped, killing eight people. The FHP said about...