MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A fatal crash shut down three southbound lanes on Florida’s Turnpike near Sweetwater early Tuesday morning.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash involving a white Ford pickup truck and a semi-truck occurred at about 12:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes near the exit to Northwest 12th Street.
“The Ford collided into the rear of a Semi truck at a high rate of speed,” an FHP spokesperson said in an email to Local 10 News. “The Ford then collided into the right concrete barrier wall. The crash caused the Semi truck to lose control and collide with the left concrete barrier wall.”
Troopers confirmed that the driver of the pickup truck, identified only as a Hispanic man, died at the scene.
They said the driver of the semi-truck was not injured.
Three southbound lanes were closed for about five hours, but the highway is now fully open.
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