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Tortuga Music Fest to bring heavy traffic, limited parking to Fort Lauderdale Beach
Festival-goers should prepare for heavy traffic and very limited parking throughout the weekend as 20,000 people are expected to attend each day of Tortuga Music Festival for a 12th year on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Officials are urging attendees to consider alternative transportation options such as ride-sharing services, carpooling, or the Water Taxi to avoid congestion. For more on the festival,…
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Video shows car on fire on I-95 at Ives Dairy Road in Miami-Dade: FHP
Video showed a car on fire in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade County on Monday morning. The flames could be seen on the highway at Ives Dairy Road. The Florida Highway Patrol said troopers were called to the scene at 6:26 a.m. It was not immediately clear if anyone was hurt or how the fire started. Video…
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Video shows 3 cars blocking lanes on I-95 after apparent crash in Miami Gardens
A crash that appeared to involve three vehicles in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade County blocked lanes early Monday morning. Florida Highway Patrol said troopers were dispatched to I-95 at Miami Gardens Drive at 5:54 a.m. It was unclear if anyone was injured, but the emergency response blocked three lanes. Chopper6 video showed what appeared to be…
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Person hospitalized after motorcycle crash in Miami Gardens
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a motorcycle crash Friday morning in Miami Gardens. First responders said they took a person to the hospital as a trauma alert after the crash happened at Northwest 37th Avenue and Northwest 191st Street at around 6:41 a.m. More information on the cause of the crash or the victim’s condition were not immediately available....
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2 escape car fire that shut down Palmetto Expressway exit in NW Miami-Dade
A car on fire at the end of an exit ramp of the Palmetto Expressway heading northbound shut down lanes and backed up traffic Wednesday morning. The fire burned at the exit on Northwest 103rd Street. Hialeah Fire Rescue said when they arrived, the driver and passenger were already outside the vehicle. The fire was put out, and no injuries…
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Nightly closures on 3 major South Florida Highways for construction project
A big construction project will cause nightly closures on the Dolphin Expressway, Interstate 95 and Interstate 395. The closures are part of the ongoing I-395, State Road 836 and I-95 Design Build project, which aims to reconstruct the I-35 corridor as well as the construction of the signature bridge. Full overnight closures will begin on Sunday and will last until…
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Car crashes into semi-truck on Florida's Turnpike in Miami Gardens
A car appeared to have crashed into and gone under a semi-truck on Florida’s Turnpike in Miami Gardens on Friday morning. It happened in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike at Northwest 199th Street, and two lanes were blocked as a result. Florida Highway Patrol said they were dispatched at around 5:22 a.m. to a vehicle crash with injuries...
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Apparent car fire shuts down lanes on I-95 at Pembroke Road
An apparent car fire shut down lanes on Interstate 95 northbound at Pembroke Road Friday morning before the lanes appeared to have reopened. It was not immediately clear if anyone was hurt, or what may have caused the flames. Aerial images of the scene showed a burned car on the shoulder lane, a few feet behind a white sedan that…
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Driver rushed to hospital after rear-ending semi-truck on I-95 in Fort Lauderdale
A driver was hospitalized after a crash involving a semi-truck on Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale Thursday morning. Emergency crews responded after a car slammed into the back of a semi-truck in the northbound lanes on I-95 at the exit for Marina Mile Boulevard and State Road 84, according to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. Officials said the driver and only…
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Pedestrian struck and killed on I-95 entrance ramp in Fort Lauderdale
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed on an Interstate 95 entrance ramp in Fort Lauderdale early Monday.