Driver in Florida crash that killed 8 Mexican workers told troopers he smoked marijuana oil, took meds: report

Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, is accused of crashing his pickup truck into a bus carrying over 40 Mexican farmworkers, eight of whom were killed.

During an interview with Florida Highway Patrol at a hospital following the crash, troopers said that Howard’s eyes were bloodshot and watery, and his speech was slurred, an arrest report stated.

Howard told an investigator that on Monday night, he had taken two anti-seizure drugs and medication for high blood pressure in addition to smoking marijuana oil, according to the affidavit obtained by The Associated Press. He said he woke up about five hours later and was driving to a methadone clinic, where he receives daily medication for a chipped vertebra.