HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left one person dead and another injured in Hallandale Beach overnight Saturday.
Authorities said firefighters responded to the crash around 4 a.m. near the 800 block of West Hallandale Beach Blvd.
According to investigators, the vehicle crashed into a pole sustaining heavy damage and was left torn in half.
Local 10 News was at the scene where the vehicle had its airbags deployed, seats hanging out of the car with glass and a tire littering the ground.
Police were seen blocking off the area with yellow caution tape near Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Hallandale Beach Boulevard.
Authorities later confirmed that the passenger in the vehicle died as a result of the crash and the driver was transported to Aventura Hospital as a level 2 trauma alert.
The cause of the crash is being investigated by the Hallandale Beach Police Department.
Detectives have not released the identity of the victim that was killed in the crash.