Eight people died when a van from a church ran through a stop sign, crossed all lanes of U.S. 27 and landed in a canal in rural southwest Florida, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The Monday crash also left at least 10 people seriously injured including a 4-year-old child.
Police said the van was heading back to Fort Pierce, which is north of West Palm Beach on Florida’s Atlantic coast, after a weekend convention in Fort Myers. There were 18 people on the van. The driver and seven passengers are confirmed dead.
