Broward County

Taking the Sawgrass Expressway? There’s a crash in Broward and it’s causing heavy delays

An accident on the Sawgrass Expressway is causing heavy delays in Broward County.

The crash happened on the northbound lanes south of Sample Road early Friday morning, according to the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department.

One lane is open and traffic is backed up for three miles, according to Total Traffic Miami.

“Expect heavy delays in the area,” and there are injuries, the department said on Twitter.

Fire Rescue and the Florida Highway Patrol are at the scene.

Drivers are asked to seek alternate routes.

This bulletin will be updated once more information becomes available.

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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