Broward detectives investigate driver’s death after car found submerged in canal
.jpg "Detectives investigate after an SUV was found submerged in a Broward canal near Krome Avenue, leaving driver Ramiro Gomez-Diaz, 27, dead.")
Tire marks leading to a Broward canal and a bumper floating in the water are some of the few clues detectives are combing through to solve what led to a man fatally crashing and submerging his SUV.
Shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office was alerted to a 2007 Chevy Tahoe submerged in a canal near the 18000 block of Krome Avenue, authorities said. Dive teams and marine patrols searched through the night but found no body in the canal.
The next morning, a family member of Ramiro Gomez-Diaz, 27, went to the crash site and saw a body in the water. Gomez-Diaz was pulled from the canal and pronounced dead.
Detectives believe his SUV veered off the roadway into the canal for unknown reasons. It’s unclear when the initial crash occurred as authorities continue to investigate.
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