POLK COUNTY, Fla. — One person was killed and several others taken to area hospital after a crash Monday morning involving a tanker truck and a bus carrying migrant workers.

The crash happened just before 6 a.m. on US Hwy 98 East at Adams Road in Fort Meade.

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the crash involved a tanker truck that was transporting unleaded fuel, and a migrant worker bus owned by Overlook Harvesting in Winter Haven. 

There were 38 occupants of the bus, authorities said, adding the bus was headed to a strawberry farm in Plant City. 

Authorities said the bus was heading westbound and for unknown reasons it crossed over into the eastbound lane and struck the tanker head-on as the tanker was heading eastbound.

The one person killed on the bus died a the scene. 

Nine people on the bus were transported to the following hospitals: Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, Sebring Hospital, Lake Wales Hospital, and Tampa General Hospital.

The tanker driver was transported with less serious injuries to Bartow Regional Medical Center.

The tanker truck spill some fuel. The remaining fuel was transferred to another tanker.