Miami Beach

Westbound lanes of MacArthur Causeway were closed after a driver hit four cyclists

A Miami Beach police car blocks cars on Fifth Street from entering the westbound MacArthur Causeway after Monday afternoon’s crash.
A Miami Beach police car blocks cars on Fifth Street from entering the westbound MacArthur Causeway after Monday afternoon’s crash. Florida Department of Transportation

MONDAY 9:25 P.M. UPDATE: The Causeway is back open.

For three and a half hours, drivers leaving Miami Beach had to slide north to the Venetian Causeway or Interstate 195 — the Julia Tuttle Causeway — after a driver in a three-wheel car hit four cyclists on a sidewalk.

The crash occurred around 5:40 p.m. near the Terminal Island stop light, where people turn to head for the Fisher Island ferry or the U.S. Coast Guard station.

Miami Beach police said one woman was flown to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital with a head injury.

This story was originally published March 29, 2021 at 6:49 PM.

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