3 injured when cars collide near Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Three people were injured when two cars collided Monday night near Fort Lauderdale.

Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael Kane said a Nissan Altima and Oldsmobile Cutlass collided just before 9:30 p.m. at Northwest 31st Avenue and Northwest Sixth Street.

Kane said the impact was so severe that one of the wheels of the Cutlass was torn off before the car struck a fence.

A woman and two men were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation.