Container Falls Off Tractor-Trailer in Rollover Crash on Palmetto Expressway Ramp

A container fell off a tractor-trailer during a rollover crash in Miami-Dade Tuesday morning.

The crash happened shortly after 9 a.m. on the entrance ramp to the Palmetto Expressway northbound from the Dolphin Expressway westbound.

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Florida Highway Patrol officials said the tractor-trailer failed to negotiate the curve properly, causing it to lose control, hit the guardrail and overturn.

Footage showed the tractor-trailer flipped over with the container overturned on the grassy embankment off the ramp.

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Only minor injuries were reported, FHP officials said.

The crash had the entrance ramp shut down.