Broward County

Sawgrass Expressway back open after crash that killed Broward woman

Traffic is back to normal on the Sawgrass Expressway in Broward after lanes were closed for hours following a deadly crash.

Florida Highway Patrol responded to a rollover accident at 6:22 a.m. Monday along the southbound lanes near Atlantic Boulevard.

The crash left debris scattered along the highway, a silver Hyundai on its roof in the middle of the lanes and a black Honda with heavy rear damage, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The Honda also received front damage from colliding with the guardrail.

The Honda’s driver who died on the road has been identified as Erika Sensebe, 38, of Weston.

The other driver, Janice Henrietta Ryder, 37, from Coral Springs was taken to Northwest Medical Center for minor injuries.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

This story was originally published August 19, 2019 at 8:40 AM.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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