A
 van carrying 15 passengers rolled over a few times Saturday in Lee 
County, Fla., ejecting several of the passengers and killing a man, a 
Florida Highway Patrol spokesman said.
Lt. Greg Bueno said the 
accident occurred around 7:30 a.m. Saturday near Corkscrew Road on 
Interstate 75.
A 20-year-old male died in the crash. The ages of 
the passengers in the van ranged from 2 to 62 years old -- four males 
and 11 females.
An estimated 10 ambulances and two helicopters 
were called to take the injured to nearby Lee Memorial, Gulf Coast and 
Tampa General hospitals.
Fifteen people were admitted to the 
hospitals – four are said to be in critical condition, three are in 
serious condition and eight have minor injuries.
Officials said the left rear tire thread separated from the tire 
causing the van to swerve onto the emergency lane.
When the driver
 attempted to regain control of the van, the vehicle banked and 
ultimately rolled over. The car came to a stop on its roof.
Officials
 have not determined whether any of the passengers was wearing a seat 
belt.
The van reportedly belongs to a Seventh-day Adventist church
 in Lauderhill, Fla., and was one of three in a caravan on its way to 
Tampa. The other two vans were not involved in the accident, Bueno said.
All
 northbound lanes of I-75 were shut down until 11:15 a.m. The lanes have
 since reopened, Bueno said.
The car pool began its trip in 
Broward County, according to Bueno.
The van was the second vehicle
 to have overturned on I-75 in the same day. A
 Greyhound bus overturned near Cincinnati, Ohio, injuring 37 people 
and critically wounding four.
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