The tractor-trailer caught fire but the driver, who wasn’t able to get out, was killed at the scene, FHP officials said. NBC6’s Jamie Guirola reports.
A tractor-trailer driver was killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 75 in Miami-Dade Thursday evening.
The crash happened in the southbound lanes of I-75 near Miami Gardens Drive when the tractor-trailer went off the roadway, hitting a guardrail before slamming into two structural pillars of the overpass, Florida Highway Patrol officials said.
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The tractor-trailer caught fire but the driver, who wasn't able to get out, was killed at the scene, FHP officials said. The driver's identity hasn't been released.
Footage showed a large fire on the highway's median where the flatbed tractor-trailer carrying what appeared to be dumpsters had crashed, with debris scattered across the roadway.
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Firefighters quickly arrived and extinguished the fire.
All southbound express lanes were closed in the area as a result of the crash and rush hour traffic was impacted.
Florida Department of Transportation engineers responded to assess the damage to the overpass.
