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Truck driver involved in Ocala bus crash that killed 8 arrested on DUI manslaughter charges
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The driver accused of causing a bus crash that killed eight people and injured dozens of others in Ocala has been arrested on DUI manslaughter charges, Florida Highway Patrol said. According to FHP, the driver, Bryan Maclean Howard, was traveling east in a pickup truck on SR-40 when he drove close to the center line and sideswept an international school bus traveling west on the same road. Related: ‘Massive traffic homicide investigation’: 8 dead, dozens hospitalized in Ocala bus crashThe collision caused the bus, travelling with 53 farm workers, to run off the roadway, strike a tree, then overturn. Eight people were killed and more than 40 were hospitalized. Howard was arrested by FHP troopers at 1:47 p.m. Tuesday, officials said. He is facing eight counts of driving under the influence resulting in manslaughter.Related: Man accused of deadly Marion County bus crash has been convicted 20 times since 2003According to FHP, the 53 farmers were on their way to Cannon Farms in Dunnellon when the crash happened at 6:37 a.m. on SR-40 just west of SW 148 Ct. Related: Farm where workers were headed closes ‘out of respect’ for workers killedEight people were confirmed dead, but Lt. Patrick Riordan with FHP said there is a ‘high probability’ that number could increase.Many of the crash victims were taken to local hospitals, including Howard. AdventHealth Ocala treated more than 15 patients on Tuesday, and said many of them had been released by the afternoon. HCA Florida West Marion also took patients from the crash. The horrific crash shut down SR-40 in both directions and officials say it will remain that way for a majority of Tuesday. Related: 8 dead in Ocala bus crash: What we knowThe Central Florida Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk (Impaired) Driving said family members of loved ones killed, or people injured in the crash in Ocala can contact 877-MADD-HELP or 877-ASK-MADD for support and advisors who help get them the resources they need.
The driver accused of causing a bus crash that killed eight people and injured dozens of others in Ocala has been arrested on DUI manslaughter charges, Florida Highway Patrol said.
According to FHP, the driver, Bryan Maclean Howard, was traveling east in a pickup truck on SR-40 when he drove close to the center line and sideswept an international school bus traveling west on the same road.
Related: ‘Massive traffic homicide investigation’: 8 dead, dozens hospitalized in Ocala bus crash
The collision caused the bus, travelling with 53 farm workers, to run off the roadway, strike a tree, then overturn. Eight people were killed and more than 40 were hospitalized.
Howard was arrested by FHP troopers at 1:47 p.m. Tuesday, officials said. He is facing eight counts of driving under the influence resulting in manslaughter.
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Related: Man accused of deadly Marion County bus crash has been convicted 20 times since 2003
According to FHP, the 53 farmers were on their way to Cannon Farms in Dunnellon when the crash happened at 6:37 a.m. on SR-40 just west of SW 148 Ct.
Related: Farm where workers were headed closes ‘out of respect’ for workers killed
Eight people were confirmed dead, but Lt. Patrick Riordan with FHP said there is a ‘high probability’ that number could increase.
Many of the crash victims were taken to local hospitals, including Howard.
AdventHealth Ocala treated more than 15 patients on Tuesday, and said many of them had been released by the afternoon. HCA Florida West Marion also took patients from the crash.
The horrific crash shut down SR-40 in both directions and officials say it will remain that way for a majority of Tuesday.
Related: 8 dead in Ocala bus crash: What we know
The Central Florida Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk (Impaired) Driving said family members of loved ones killed, or people injured in the crash in Ocala can contact 877-MADD-HELP or 877-ASK-MADD for support and advisors who help get them the resources they need.
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