MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A crash involving a Marion County school bus left a driver dead on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
In a release, troopers said that the crash happened near State Road 40 and Southeast 177th Avenue around 2:50 p.m.
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At the time, the bus was headed south along SR-40 and had stopped at the intersection while waiting to turn left, troopers added.
But while turning, the bus failed to yield to an oncoming pickup truck that was towing a trailer, leading to a head-on crash between the two vehicles, the release shows.
The truck driver — identified as a 76-year-old Silver Springs man — was taken to the hospital as a trauma alert, though authorities later confirmed that he succumbed to his injuries.
Meanwhile, the bus driver and the four children on board were uninjured, troopers revealed.
“No citations will be issued until the investigation has been completed,” the FHP wrote.
While the crash initially blocked traffic, the sheriff’s office announced shortly before 4 p.m. that the road had been reopened.
No additional information has been provided at this time.