MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A fatal crash caused traffic delays on Tuesday afternoon after shutting down the Florida Turnpike’s southbound lanes in Miami-Dade County’s Princeton area.
A motorhome that was towing a Jeep, both with Texas license plates, crashed at the Turnpike’s Exit 9 ramp to Southwest 112th Avenue, also known as Allapattah Road.
According to Lt. Alejandro Camacho, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of the motorhome lost control, traveled off the roadway, and collided right into a barrier wall.
The man in the motorhome was ejected and died. A woman was inside when the motorhome caught on fire. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel took her to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Traffic backed up to the Exit 12 ramp to Caribbean Boulevard in Cutler Bay, according to the Florida Department of Transportation’s Advanced Traveler Information System.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue deployed about a dozen units starting about 3:50 p.m. The call remained active shortly after 5:40 p.m., according to the public log.
Local 10 News Assignment Desk Manager Peggy Phillip contributed to this report.