8 dead, 10 injured in Florida van crash

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Highway Patrol: 8 dead, 10 injured when Florida van crashes

MOORE HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol says eight people died and 10 others were injured when a church van from Fort Pierce ran through a stop sign, crossed all lanes of U.S. 27 and landed in a canal in rural southwest Florida.

The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. Monday in Glades County at an intersection. Glades County is east of Lake Okeechobee.

Lt. Gregory S. Bueno says there were 18 people on the van. The driver and seven passengers are confirmed dead.

Bueno says the 10 other passengers were taken to four hospitals. A 4-year-old child is in stable condition at a Fort Myers hospital. At least two patients were classified as trauma alerts. The injury status of two others wasn't immediately known. The conditions of the other passengers ranged from serious to stable.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-03-30

[khwaibah]

RIP. and Thai bashers are always complaining.

[JOC]

RIP. and Thai bashers are always complaining.

Don't worry mate.

Soon someone will come along and blame it on Thailand, Thaksin or Islam................

[EyesWideOpen]

RIP. and Thai bashers are always complaining.

For every van crash killing people in America, bet I could come up

with 50 here......... :-) Think scale.......

[FloridaExport]

RIP. and Thai bashers are always complaining.

Pretty stupid comment considering it is actually news in Florida instead of a daily occurrence like it is here. By the way, Florida has an average of 12.3 road fatalities per 100,000 people. Thailand's (under reported) rate is over 3 times higher at 38.1 per 100,000 people. I'm guessing it would be closer to 4 or 5 times higher if they listed people who died within 30 days of the accident in the hospital.

Glad you got a good smile and wink out of 8 people dying and a few others getting injured though.

Edited March 31, 2015 by FloridaExport