DUNNELLON, Fla. — New videos released by the Marion County Sheriff's Office show the moments after a pickup truck hit a bus carrying dozens of farmworkers, causing it to crash into a nearby field and killing eight people.
Body camera and dashboard camera footage reveal the efforts to get medical attention to those who were hurt.
The crash happened around 6:35 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14. The video provided starts at 6:42 a.m., less than 10 minutes later, as a deputy races toward the location of the crash.
When the deputy arrived at the scene at 6:44 a.m., the bus was overturned on its side with the hood out of place. One other patrol car was parked on the road's shoulder and a group of people were gathered in the grassy field where the bus crashed through a wooden fence and rolled over.
The deputy immediately got out of his patrol car, and the video resumed, capturing law enforcement communications over the radio in the car.
"There's probably still at least 10 to 12 — if not more — people still trapped inside,” someone said.
The deputy's body camera video starts at 6:50 a.m. as the deputy faces the damaged bus. Two firefighters in full gear stood at the emergency exit at the back of the bus, looking inside for victims.
As the deputy turned away from the bus, the group of passengers and bystanders gathered nearby.
Several people were lying on the ground. Some of them made movements and others did not. One man observing the firefighters stood with blood on his clothes.
While the deputy watched over the efforts to get more victims out of the bus, someone spoke over the radio to share details on the number of injuries.
"As of right now, we have 53 patients: 13 critical," the person said.
"[In] reference to those 13 critical, they're still going to be stuck inside the bus," the deputy responded.
As of May 16, eight people had died from the crash and officials said 46 people were on the bus, a number that was updated as law enforcement evaluated the scene.
Content warning: The video below may be disturbing to some viewers. 10 Tampa Bay has blurred out certain parts of the video that show people lying on the ground.
At least two fire trucks were at the crash site by 6:51 a.m., and traffic began to build up along State Road 40 in Dunnellon.
"We need to get this roadway shut down," the deputy said. "We need traffic units out there. We need 40 shut down in both directions. They're going to need to get multiple EMS vehicles in here."
Minutes later, the deputy walks to the road and starts redirecting traffic. He shouted at drivers and made hand motions to turn around, urgently trying to make room for first responders' vehicles.
"Jesus Christ," he said. "Stop these damn cars."
Eventually, cars turned around and drove in the opposite direction they came from. Another patrol car arrived and confirmed to the deputy that units were on both sides of the road making sure no non-first responder vehicles got through.
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The driver of the pickup truck was arrested and charged with eight counts of DUI manslaughter. An arrest record said that while being interviewed by FHP troopers at the hospital, he stated he could not remember what led up to the crash, and failed several field sobriety tests. When taking a breathalyzer test, his blood alcohol level was zero, according to the document.
The group on the bus was headed to a nearby watermelon farm where they were supposed to spend the day working, officials said. The Mexican Consulate in Orlando said all of them were migrants who were in the United States on work visas and did not have any criminal history. They said the youngest victim was 18 and the oldest was 31 years old.