Car crash causes pipe to burst in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Fire rescue personnel respond to a car crash that caused a pipe to burst on Wednesday morning in Fort Lauderdale.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A car crash caused a pipe to burst on Wednesday morning in Fort Lauderdale’s Tarpon River area.

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According to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, the driver of a BMW crashed at the side of a building at Southwest Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street.

The crash caused a water line to burst, and firefighters accessed the valve to stop the flow of water, according to fire rescue personnel.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.

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