Multiple southbound lanes are blocked on the Palmetto Expressway near Doral following a fatal crash Monday afternoon.
Only three southbound lanes remain open for traffic near NW 25th Street in Doral after a white pick-up truck rolled over, according to Lt. Alejandro Camacho, spokesman for Florida Highway Patrol.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
It’s still unknown what caused the truck to roll over.
Drivers are advised to avoid the area due to heavy delays.
The crash is under investigation.
This story was originally published August 12, 2019 at 2:46 PM.
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
