Man smoked marijuana oil, took medication before deadly Florida crash, affidavit says
OCALA, Fla. − A man told investigators that he smoked marijuana oil and took prescription drugs hours before his pickup truck sideswiped a bus, killing eight farmworkers, in Florida, according to an arrest affidavit.
Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, was charged with eight counts of DUI manslaughter after the collision Tuesday killed eight people and injured dozens more. The arrest affidavit said Howard was “non-responsive” after the crash and was identified as the driver of the 2001 Ford Ranger pickup truck that rammed into the bus carrying workers on their way to a watermelon farm early Tuesday.
Howard’s speech was slurred, and his eyes were bloodshot and watery, according to the affidavit. He then failed a field sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said.