FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – First responders rushed to the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on I-95 early Sunday morning.
It happened just north of State Road 84 in Fort Lauderdale just after 4 a.m.
All southbound lanes of I-95 remained closed until around noon, when investigators were able to reopen the roadway.
According to authorities, the driver of a 2019 red Kia Forte hit a concrete median before stopping in the middle of the highway, blocking the two center lanes.
The driver of a black Mercedes 2015 GLA250 was then unable to avoid hitting the Kia and the two cars collided, per Florida Highway Patrol.
After the initial crash, a 23-year-old Good Samaritan stopped her car and got out to help render aid the people impacted by the collision.
In the moments after, the 41-year-old driver of a 2015 silver Cadillac ATS came upon the crash and began to slow down so not to hit the disabled vehicles, but the 19-year-old driver of a 2023 black Lexus IS300 did not slowdown in time and slammed into the back of the Cadillac, which hit the Good Samaritan, according to FHP.
After that, authorities said the driver of a 2016 black Ford Explorer came upon the scene and crashed into Kia, the concrete barrier and then the Cadillac.
First responders pronounced the Good Samaritan deceased at the scene of the crash.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said multiple patients were rushed to Broward Health Medical Center in critical condition, but did not provide an exact number of people who required treatment.