Truck Accident

MIAMI, FL – Police are trying to track down the driver involved in a crash in Miami Sunday morning, WSVN reports. The collision took place on U.S. 1 south near Southwest 17th Avenue at about 6 a.m. Police said a box truck delivering frozen foods was rear-ended by a Kia traveling south. The impact caused the…

HIALEAH GARDENS, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a truck driver was injured in a crash with another vehicle in Hialeah Gardens Thursday, reports WPLG. The FHP said a tractor-trailer driver was headed south on West Okeechobee Road at about 3 p.m. and tried to make a left turn onto Northwest 138th Street. The…

MIAMI BEACH, FL – A driver was arrested following a pedestrian accident in Miami Beach on Saturday morning. According to a report by WSVN, the driver of a Kia sedan lost control of the vehicle on Collins Avenue at about 9 a.m. and struck a woman who was walking on the sidewalk near a hotel.…

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – A portion of the Florida Turnpike was closed in Miami-Dade County Wednesday morning following a truck accident, WSVN reports. Authorities said an 18-wheeler lost its load and rolled onto its side near the exit for Northwest 106th Street shortly before noon.  The incident caused a crash that involved a total of four…

PEMBROKE PINES, FL – Four people were injured Monday in a collision between two vehicles in Pembroke Pines. According to WPLG, police said a landscaping crew was working at Sheridan Street and Dykes Road when their truck was hit from behind by a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. Three members of the crew and the driver…

POMPANO BEACH, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal hit-and-run incident in Pompano Beach that happened early Sunday morning. According to NBC Miami, sheriff’s deputies and rescue crews responded to the scene in the area of Northwest 22nd Street and North Powerline Road after being notified of the crash at about 2…

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – An overturned cement mixer truck disrupted traffic in northwest Miami-Dade County on Thursday morning. Total Traffic Miami tweeted an alert to drivers after the incident occurred on Interstate 75 near the Homestead Extension at about 8:15 a.m.  No injuries were reported. The ramps from I-75 north to the Florida Turnpike, I-75…

NORTH MIAMI, FL – A pedestrian was fatally struck by a FedEx truck in North Miami Thursday morning, police said. WSVN reports the person was hit by the vehicle shortly before noon at Northeast 125th Street and Northeast 4th Avenue. The victim’s identity was not released. The truck driver remained at the scene after the…

MIAMI, FL – State troopers said a collision involving a Publix truck and an SUV on Interstate 95 Monday injured both drivers. The Miami Herald reports the incident occurred at Ives Dairy Road near the border of Miami-Dade and Broward counties. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Land Rover SUV collided with the truck as both…

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – Rescue crews were on the scene of a truck accident in Miami-Dade County Wednesday morning, reports WPLG. A semi-truck going north on Florida’s Turnpike near Northwest 199th Street crashed and flipped over.   Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said the truck driver managed to escape the vehicle after the wreck.  Three people were…

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – A driver was killed when his vehicle was involved in a wrong-way accident in Miami-Dade County early Friday morning, authorities said. According to WPLG, the incident happened in the westbound lanes of the Gratigny Parkway near the Palmetto Expressway at about 5:20 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of a…

TAMARAC, FL – Authorities are investigating after a pickup truck crashed into a home in Tamarac on Wednesday evening, WPLG reports. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said the driver of a Ford F-150 lost control of the vehicle while heading north on Northwest 55th Street at about 6 p.m. and struck a home in the 2300…

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – An accident involving a pickup truck near Fort Lauderdale left a driver dead, NBC Miami reports. The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of a Chevy Silverado was headed west on State Road 84 Tuesday morning when he was unable to negotiate a right curve.  The pickup hit a concrete barrier, went…

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol said a man was killed in a box truck accident on Interstate 95 south Monday afternoon, WPTV reports. The FHP said the vehicle crashed on I-95 near the exit for Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach.  One man, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead…

MIAMI, FL – A crash involving a pickup truck in North Bay Village Tuesday morning left a driver dead, authorities said. According to WSVN, the accident happened in the eastbound lanes of the 79th Street Causeway at about 7 a.m. Witnesses told investigators the pickup truck driver veered off off the roadway and the vehicle plunged…

PARKLAND, FL – Authorities have identified the man who died in a dump truck accident at a work site in Parkland Monday morning, according to the Miami Herald. This is an update to a previous story. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said the victim was 24-year-old Jeffrey Seraphin of Belle Glade.  Investigators say Seraphin was driving…

PARKLAND, FL – Authorities said the driver of a construction truck died in an accident in Parkland Monday morning. According to WSVN, rescuers responded to the Hillsboro Canal in the area of Loxahatchee Road and Solstice Circle after the vehicle landed in the water and became submerged shortly after 10:30 a.m. Broward Sheriff’s Office divers and Coral…

MIAMI BEACH, FL – Miami Beach police were at the scene of an accident that killed a bicycle rider on Tuesday, NBC Miami reports. Authorities said the bicyclist was struck by a box truck at Dade Boulevard and Purdy Avenue, and was pronounced dead at the scene.  The name of the victim was not immediately…

PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – A man died after he was struck by multiple vehicles on Florida’s Turnpike near Port St. Lucie early Sunday morning, authorities said. According to TC Palm, the incident took place in the turnpike’s southbound lanes at mile marker 149 shortly after midnight. The Florida Highway Patrol said a 57-year-old tow…

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL – A pedestrian was struck and killed by a pickup truck in Deerfield Beach last week, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators said 69-year-old Janet Thornbloom of Deerfield Beach was walking across South Federal Highway from west to east Wednesday night when she entered the path of a northbound GMC Sierra traveling…