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DUI driver in deadly Florida migrant bus crash that killed 8 denied bond: judge
MARION COUNTY, Fla. - Bryan Maclean Howard, the pickup truck driver who's accused of colliding with a bus of migrant workers from Mexico on Tuesday, killing eight, made his first appearance in court on Wednesday morning. He's facing eight charges of DUI manslaughter after the accident that happened shortly after 6:30 a.m. on State Road 40 on the outskirts of Dunnellon.
Driver said he smoked pot oil, took medication before Florida crash that killed 8 Mexican workers
A vigil was held for eight Mexican farmworkers who were killed from a bus crash in Florida on Wednesday. OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man with a long record of dangerous driving told investigators he smoked marijuana oil and took prescription drugs hours before he sideswiped a bus, killing eight Mexican farmworkers and injuring dozens more, according to an arrest report unsealed Wednesday. Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence-manslaughter and remained jailed without bond for Tuesday’s crash. The Florida Highway Patrol says he drove his 2001 Ford pickup into the center line on a two-lane road and struck the bus, causing it to veer off the road, strike a tree and flip over. The seasonal farmworkers were on their way early in the morning to harvest watermelon at Cannon Farms in Dunnellon, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Orlando in north-central Florida’s Marion County, a rural area of rolling hills with numerous horse farms and abundant fruit and vegetable fields.
Farmworker advocates call for support after a deadly traffic accident
Advocates for Florida farmworkers are calling for community support after a traffic accident Tuesday in Marion County killed eight farmworkers and injured dozens. The workers were traveling in a bus to a farm in Dunnellon. The driver of the pickup truck that struck the bus carrying the workers faces eight...
Latest on farmworker deaths: Judge denies bail for driver; new details from arrest affidavit
Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, of Dunnellon, had his first court appearance hearing Wednesday morning, one day after he was arrested and charged with eight counts of DUI-manslaughter. On Tuesday he was driving the 2001 Ford Ranger pickup that sideswiped a bus full of farmworkers, killing eight and critically injuring eight more. The Florida...
The damage that boat propellers do to Weeki Wachee | Letters
As a Florida resident who cares deeply about our fragile spring ecosystems — especially Weeki Wachee springs — I support a moratorium on propeller-blade watercraft inside our Weeki Wachee State Park River area. I witnessed two propeller blades tear up the sediment as the boaters got stuck in the riverbed within the park boundaries. It’s bad enough that combustion engine watercraft spew petroleum mist into the protected waterway, but the propellers are undoing all that is being done to preserve Weeki Wachee River inside the preserve. As I kayaked in Weeki Wachee State Park recently, I noticed a uniformed Florida Department of Environmental Protection official patrolling the area and later stationed near the kayak exit ramp to monitor watercraft activity in the river. But what good does it do if propeller-blade watercraft are still permitted in this stretch of river? Would it be better if only speed limit-regulated airboats were permitted inside the Weeki Wachee State Park River? At least those propellers are above the water surface and do not destroy the riverbed. Perhaps after a propeller-blade moratorium, a new ordinance could permit only airboats instead? I am hopeful this problem with boat propellers might be addressed this month before the “summer season of frolic” — Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day — begins.
Hudson Woman Arrested on DUI Manslaughter Charges After Fatal Crash
HERNANDO COUNTY, FLa- FHP Troopers have arrested a Hudson woman on charges of DUI Manslaughter following a fatal crash in November that claimed the life of an 18-year-old Fivay High School graduate. According to troopers, Kristie Lynn Paxton, 48, was driving a 2005 Nissan Armada on Mariner Boulevard near Casa...
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