FL Bus Crash Photos: Death Toll Likely To Climb, State Patrol Says

ACROSS FLORIDA — A bus traveling about 80 miles north of Orlando collided with a pickup truck, killing eight people and injuring about 40 passengers onboard. The bus, which was transporting 53 farmworkers to Cannon Farms in Dunellon, swerved off State Road 40, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Horrifying photos below show the bus overturned on its side with both of its emergency rear door and top hatch open. The truck that it collided with show severe damage to its driver's side. AP reports that vehicle crashes are the leading cause of job-related deaths among farmworkers in 2022.

Florida Highway Patrol Public Affairs Officer Lt. Patrick Riordan told FOX 13 some of the injured are in very serious condition. "So, there's high probability this may be beyond eight fatalities," he said.

Eight of the people taken to the hospital were in critical condition, while 30 had non-life threatening injuries, according to officials.

Check out photos of the scene from the Florida bus crash below.

The Associated Press contributed to this post.