Miami-Dade County

Person hospitalized after vehicle ends up in canal in southwest Miami-Dade

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said they received a call shortly after 2 p.m. of a vehicle in a canal near the 39000 block of Southwest 8th Street

A person was hospitalized after a vehicle ended up in a canal in southwest Miami-Dade on Monday.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said they received a call shortly after 2 p.m. of a vehicle in a canal near the 39000 block of Southwest 8th Street.

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One person was bale to get out of the vehicle but was airlifted to a local hospital as a trauma alert, officials said.

No other people were inside the vehicle.

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Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed what appeared to be a dump truck completely submerged in the canal with police and Florida Highway Patrol troopers at the scene.

A person was hospitalized after a vehicle ended up in a canal in southwest Miami-Dade.
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A person was hospitalized after a vehicle ended up in a canal in southwest Miami-Dade.

It's unknown how the vehicle ended up in the canal, but the incident is under investigation.

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