A major crash late Thursday night on Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade County sent multiple people to the hospital, the Florida Highway Patrol confirmed.
According to FHP Lt. Alex Camacho, the crash, which involved 18 vehicles, occurred around 11:25 p.m. in the southbound lanes of the highway near Ives Dairy Road.
Camacho said a tractor-trailer was traveling south as traffic was congested and failed to stop for the vehicles ahead.
“As a result, the tractor trailer collided into several vehicles causing a chain reaction of crashes,” Camacho said in an email to Local 10 News.
Video sent to Local 10 by a viewer who drove past the wreck Thursday night shows emergency response crews with gurneys, along with mangled cars.
That driver, Luis Rodriguez, said he hasn’t seen an accident this bad in a while, and he’s on the road 100+ miles a day.
“Driving by, all you could see is destroyed cars, trucks, and people being carried out on stretchers,” he said. “Almost looked like a movie scene.”
Camacho confirmed that some vehicle occupants were transported to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital with minor injuries.
He said the roadway was closed overnight due to a fuel leak and traffic was diverted onto Ives Dairy Road.
The roadway re-opened around 6:20 a.m.
It’s unclear whether the driver of the tractor-trailer will face charges.
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Source: Local10
