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Worker dead after crash that shut down parts of Interstate 95 into Sunday morning

The investigation and cleanup of Sunday morning’s fatal Interstate 95 crash as seen from the Northwest 62nd Street traffic cameras.
The investigation and cleanup of Sunday morning’s fatal Interstate 95 crash as seen from the Northwest 62nd Street traffic cameras. Florida Department of Transportation

A two-Toyota crash killed a construction worker toiling when an SUV careened into the construction road closure Sunday morning, Florida Highway Patrol said.

FHP said Monday the worker was Curt Haeberlin, 64. A database and his Facebook page says he lived in Boynton Beach and was from Rochester, Minnesota.

The official account of the crash said Zeeshan Anwar, in his Toyota Sequoia SUV, rear ended the Toyota Camry driven by Samuel Findlator as they headed south on I-95 near the Northwest 62nd Street exit. The contact sent Anwar’s SUV, which did the rear-ending, bounced into the construction zone, hit a Caterpillar 299D skid steer, ricocheted off that and backward into a Ford F-150.

Haeberlin was between the SUV and the Ford.

Haeberlin was hustled to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

From 2:15 a.m. crash to cleanup to investigation, all southbound lanes of I-95 were shut down at Northwest 79th Street until around 7:30 a.m.

This story was originally published February 16, 2020 at 7:20 AM.

David J. Neal
Miami Herald
Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.
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