MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A wrong-way wreck on the Florida Turnpike is under investigation by authorities.
It happened just before 4 a.m. in the highway’s northbound lanes, near the exit to Bird Road.
Sunday morning report:
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a blue Honda was going south in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike and collided head-on into a silver Toyota.
A second crash occurred after the initial collision when troopers said a white Toyota crashed into the two disabled vehicles as well as an FHP vehicle that was at the scene.
According to authorities, both drivers of the blue Honda and silver Toyota that were in the initial crash were pronounced dead at the scene.
There were two people inside the white Toyota that was involved in the second crash, and they were rushed to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital with serious injuries, troopers said.
The trooper who was driving the FHP vehicle at the crash scene was not in his vehicle at the time of the second crash and did not suffer any injuries, authorities said.
All northbound lanes of the Turnpike were closed during the investigation, which remains active and ongoing.
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