Man hospitalized after being pulled from southwest Miami-Dade canal

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue engine (WPLG)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A man was pulled from a canal in southwest Miami-Dade on Wednesday morning, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

It happened around 10 a.m. near the 10800 block of Southwest 188th Street, near the county’s Perrine neighborhood.

A spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said deputies and fire rescue crews pulled the man out of the canal after he apparently fell in.

They said the man was then transported to a nearby hospital.

No additional details about the man’s age or condition were immediately released.

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