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8 people are dead and over 37 others are injured after a bus crash in northern Florida on Tuesday morning.
At around 6:35 am, a bus full of foreign agricultural workers slammed into a reckless pickup truck which had swerved onto the center line of the road. The bus tumbled off of the road and smashed into a tree, killing multiple people inside.
Police and ambulances responded quickly, rushing injured patients to nearby hospitals. One of the buses from a nearby public school was also commandeered for their purposes.
The driver of the pickup truck was arrested and found to be guilty of driving under the influence (DUI), as he had consumed alcohol before his ride in the vehicle. This means that he has been charged with eight counts of attempted manslaughter, which can get him a lot of time in jail. He has also faced 23 other criminal cases for various other reasons. During the crash, he survived but was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, much like many of the other passengers aboard the bus.
Officials expect the death toll to rise, as many of the injured are in critical condition. However, a GoFundMe has been set up for the cause, and they have already raised almost $90,000 for the victims and their families. The police have launched an extensive investigation into the incident, and they are looking to see if there was another cause of the crash other than the DUI-- the bus was traveling through some hilly terrain, and the roads were quite slick from recent rains.
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