Woman dead after crash with Broward County bus

MARGATE, Fla. – A woman driving a Honda Accord is dead after a crash involving a Broward County Transit bus Friday morning in Margate, authorities say.

It happened in the southbound lanes of North State Road 7, just south of Atlantic Boulevard. The sedan could be seen with significant front-end damage after slamming into the back of the bus.

Margate police say that nobody on the bus was injured, but that the driver of the Honda was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name has not been released.

Traffic had slowed in that area, but the scene was cleared and the road reopened shortly after 9 a.m.

A woman died after her sedan crashed with a Broward County Transit bus Friday morning in Margate. (WPLG)

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