Car was found in an Everglades canal. Hours later, Broward cops found dead body
.jpg "A man’s body surfaced in a west Broward Everglades canal early Thursday morning. His car was found underwater hours earlier.")
A man’s body surfaced in a west Broward canal in the Florida Everglades early Thursday morning, prompting a swift response from rescue divers and drones.
Deputies responded to reports of a submerged vehicle near Krome Avenue and U.S. Highway 27 around 9 p.m. on Wednesday and found a Chevy Tahoe underwater, Broward Sheriff’s Office told the Miami Herald. The agency’s dive team, missing persons unit, marine patrol and drone unit were deployed to locate the SUV when, hours later, the dead body turned up.
Marshall Jones, owner of Mack’s Fish Camp, an air boat tour business located on the same stretch of canal, was the first to phone authorities and guided rescue crews when they arrived.
“I saw fresh skid marks and disturbance on the side of the levy and bubbles in the canal,” Marshall Jones told the Miami Herald.
Jones described the body as a man in his 30s. He told the Miami Herald he thinks the body was the driver and that he had been ejected from the SUV before he was found.
BSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit is now investigating how the sunken car and its driver ended up in the canal.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
