1 dead, 1 injured after car splits in half during crash in Cooper City

Police officers block Sheridan Street from Pine Island Road to North University Drive

A man died on Saturday morning during a single-vehicle crash in Cooper City, Broward Sheriff's Office deputies said. (Copyright 2024 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

COOPER CITY, Fla. – A man died and a man was injured after a crash split a car in half on Saturday morning in Cooper City, deputies said.

According to Claudinne Caro, a spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the man died at the scene of the single-vehicle crash and the other man was hospitalized after suffering non-life-threatening injuries.

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“The westbound and eastbound lanes of Sheridan Street between Pine Island Road and University Drive are expected to be shut down for several hours due to the traffic crash investigation,” Caro wrote in a statement Saturday morning.

BSO deputies, Pembroke Pines police officers, fire rescue personnel, and the Broward County’s Office of Medical Examiner and Trauma Services personnel responded.

A bumper and other car parts were on the street. There were tire marks on the road. Pembroke Pines police officers blocked access to the area and asked drivers to avoid it. BSO deputies investigated the crash.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

This is a developing story. Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.

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