Plane makes emergency landing on the Sawgrass Expressway. Southbound lanes reopen.
An airplane landed on the Sawgrass Expressway before noon on Saturday.
Coral Springs police and the Florida Highway Patrol closed southbound lanes at Sample Road near Exit 11 after the emergency landing to assist in the rescue and clearing of the single engine plane, police said Saturday morning.
According to Coral Springs police there are no injuries at this time, but drivers were asked to avoid the area.
By 12:30 p.m., the plane was removed from the roadway and all of the lanes were reopened to traffic.
This is not the first time recently that a plane has made an emergency landing on that expressway.
On Aug. 7, 2020, mechanical issues forced a small plane to land on the eastbound lanes of the Sawgrass on a Friday night, just east of University Drive, WPLG-Local 10 reported at the time. No one was injured in that incident.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
This story was originally published February 13, 2021 at 12:25 PM.
