{"id":382294,"date":"2026-08-27T04:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T04:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382294\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T04:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T04:56:10","slug":"florida-driver-allegedly-flees-traffic-stop-and-crashes-into-school-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382294\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida driver allegedly flees traffic stop and crashes into school bus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A Florida driver allegedly fleeing a traffic stop slammed head-on into a school bus carrying 19 children before abandoning his damaged vehicle and fleeing on foot, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The dramatic Tuesday morning incident was captured on video, including footage of the vehicle crashing into the Sumter County school bus and police body camera video showing a deputy chasing down and arresting the suspect.<\/p>\n

All 19 children aboard the bus were safe and uninjured, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

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Qahiem Williams, 23, faces multiple charges after authorities accused him of fleeing a traffic stop and crashing into a school bus carrying 19 children. (Sumter County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

The incident began around 7:20 a.m. when a deputy conducting school-zone traffic enforcement in front of The Villages Intermediate Center spotted Qahiem Williams, 23, allegedly driving 17 mph over the posted speed limit on County Road 466 near Tatonka Terrace.<\/p>\n

According to the sheriff’s office, the deputy made a U-turn and activated his emergency lights to initiate a traffic stop, but Williams allegedly accelerated and sideswiped two vehicles at a traffic light.<\/p>\n

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A Florida driver allegedly fleeing a traffic stop collided head-on with a school bus carrying 19 children Tuesday morning, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. (Sumter County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

Authorities said the collisions damaged the axle of Williams’ vehicle, causing him to collide head-on with a Sumter County school bus on County Road 103.<\/p>\n

Video taken from inside the bus shows the collision, with the driver’s side door of Williams’ vehicle appearing to open moments before impact.<\/p>\n

Williams then allegedly got out of the vehicle and fled on foot, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n

Body camera video shows a deputy pursuing Williams before apprehending him near a Walmart.<\/p>\n

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Police body camera footage shows a deputy chasing a suspect on foot after authorities said he fled the scene of a crash involving a Florida school bus. (Sumter County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

Williams was taken into custody and faces multiple charges, including fleeing or eluding, driving with a suspended license, possession of marijuana, leaving the scene of a crash, resisting an officer, hit-and-run and a moving traffic violation, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office website.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Williams also had two outstanding Sumter County warrants for fleeing or eluding and driving with a suspended license.<\/p>\n

Sumter County Sheriff Patrick Breeden condemned the alleged actions, saying they put children’s lives in danger.<\/p>\n

“I have zero tolerance when it comes to actions that put our children’s lives in danger,” Breeden said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“This suspect has a history of this type of behavior and our community is safer with him off our streets,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Williams was medically cleared before being transported to the Sumter County Detention Center, where authorities said he was being held without bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida driver allegedly fleeing a traffic stop slammed head-on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[53482,7106,28,30,29,7107],"class_list":["post-382294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-cops","tag-crime-world","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-police-and-law-enforcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}