1 dead after wrong-way crash on Don Shula Expressway
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A wrong-way crash left a 69-year-old man dead and two others injured Friday afternoon on the Don Shula Expressway. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of a white Volkswagen was heading northbound in the southbound lanes near Killian Drive when he crashed into a Miami-Dade police officer, before ricocheting into a white Jeep. The driver of the Volkswagen died at the scene. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel took them both to Jackson South Medical Center. One person was killed in this police-involved crash on the Don Shula Expressway.
Pedestrian survives being struck by train in Kendall, authorities say
KENDALL, Fla. – A pedestrian survived after being struck by a train in Kendall on Thursday, authorities said. Miami-Dade police said the incident happened near Southwest 88th Street, just west of the Don Shula Expressway. Police said the victim was alert and conscious. The victim was OK, authorities said. No other details were immediately released.