Officials: 1 airlifted after rollover crash on Palmetto Expressway

Palmetto Expressway crash (FDOT)

MEDLEY, Fla. — A serious crash on the Palmetto Expressway left at least one person injured Friday afternoon.

The crash happened just after 12:15 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the expressway, south of the Okeechobee Road exit.

The injured patient was airlifted to a local trauma center, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Officials closed the northbound lanes of the highway as they investigated, according to Florida 511.

The northbound lanes of the highway reopened by 1:30 p.m.

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