MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A fatal crash caused traffic delays on Tuesday afternoon after shutting down the Florida Turnpike’s southbound lanes in Miami-Dade County’s Princeton area.

A motorhome that was towing a Jeep, both with Texas license plates, crashed at the Turnpike’s Exit 9 ramp to Southwest 112th Avenue, also known as Allapattah Road.

According to Lt. Alejandro Camacho, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of the motorhome lost control, traveled off the roadway, and collided right into a barrier wall.

The man in the motorhome was ejected and died. A woman was inside when the motorhome caught on fire. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel took her to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.

A fiery crash caused traffic delays on the Florida Turnpike Tuesday afternoon in south Miami-Dade County. (FDOT)

Traffic backed up to the Exit 12 ramp to Caribbean Boulevard in Cutler Bay, according to the Florida Department of Transportation’s Advanced Traveler Information System.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue deployed about a dozen units starting about 3:50 p.m. The call remained active shortly after 5:40 p.m., according to the public log.

Local 10 News Assignment Desk Manager Peggy Phillip contributed to this report.

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