Five West Port High School students were transported to a local hospital on Tuesday following a morning accident involving two vehicles in Marion County.
At 11:05 a.m., the Marion County Public Safety Communications Center received a 911 call about a two-vehicle accident on Southwest 38th Street. Marion County Fire Rescue units were in the area and arrived on-scene within two minutes to find a total of eight patients.
Two patients required extrication from a vehicle and were transported along with three others to a local hospital. The other three patients, all adults, were not transported.
The cause of the accident is unknown and is currently under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol.