Broward County

Deputies got a call about a sinking car in Broward near I-75. It’s related to a crime

A stolen car was found submerged in a West Broward canal early Wednesday, deputies said.
A stolen car was found submerged in a West Broward canal early Wednesday, deputies said. MH

A car stolen in Lauderhill was found submerged in a West Broward canal early Wednesday, deputies said.

Deputies and divers went to the canal near U.S. 27, just south of Interstate 75, around 6:45 a.m. after getting a call about a sinking car, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said. No one was inside the 2014 black Toyota Camry.

After taking the car out of the canal, deputies learned it had been stolen in Lauderhill earlier in the day, the sheriff’s office said.

No other information was immediately available.

This bulletin will be updated.

This story was originally published June 1, 2022 at 10:22 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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