A fiery crash involving several vehicles closed all southbound lanes of a major roadway in northwest Miami-Dade County and left one driver hospitalized Tuesday morning.
The crash took place in the southbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway near the intersection with Interstate 75 just before 10 a.m.
Footage showed three vehicles, including a van and two SUVs, engulfed in flames in an express lane.
Fire crews worked to extinguish the flames while directing drivers off the roadway.
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One person was airlifted to an area hospital from the scene with non-life threatening injuries, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said.
Florida Highway Patrol officials said a Subaru, a Ford Van and a Dodge van were stopped in traffic when a grey Mercedes SUV was unable to stop and crashed into the Subaru.
The Subaru caught fire and the flames spread to the Mercedes and one of the vans, officials said.
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All of the people were able to get out of the vehicles before they became engulfed in flames.
The southbound lanes were shut down for about two hours.
No other information was immediately known.
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