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Driver Killed After Truck Crashes Off Ramp, Lands on I-95 Near Fort Lauderdale: FHP

Florida Highway Patrol troopers said the silver Chevy Silverado was traveling west on State Road 84 when it collided with a concrete barrier

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A driver was killed after his pickup truck crashed through a concrete wall and fell off a ramp and onto Interstate 95 near Fort Lauderdale early Tuesday.

death investigation continues Tuesday morning after a truck fell off of the ramp to I-95 near Fort Lauderdale and landed in a construction zone.

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Florida Highway Patrol troopers said the man was driving a silver Chevy Silverado traveling west on State Road 84 when he failed to negotiate a right curve and collided with a concrete barrier as he was trying to get on the northbound lanes of I-95.

The truck went over the wall and landed on its side in a construction area of the interstate below. The truck then hit a concrete post, which fell and hit a white Dodge Ram that was in the construction zone with a man inside.

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FHP confirmed the driver of the Silverado, a 31-year-old man from Davie, was ejected from the truck and died at the scene. Investigators have not released his name.

The driver of the Ram truck, a 39-year-old man from Boynton Beach, was not injured.

Troopers said no lanes of traffic were impacted by the crash as an investigation continues.

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