Traffic

U.S. 1 reopens in the Grove. Earlier all lanes were closed by motorcycle crash

A crash at SW 17 Avenue involving a motorcycle has shut down all lanes on U.S. 1, according to the City of Miami Police Department.
A crash at SW 17 Avenue involving a motorcycle has shut down all lanes on U.S. 1, according to the City of Miami Police Department.

A crash at Southwest 17th Avenue involving a motorcycle shut down all lanes on U.S. 1 in Coconut Grove for about three hours, according to the Miami Police Department.

The crash happened at approximately 5:09 p.m. Miami police responded a short time later. All lanes were reopened about 9 p.m. Thursday night.

Police said the motorcyclist was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The other driver remained at the scene.

Officers shut down northbound and southbound lanes between Southwest 16th and 22nd Avenues for several hours as they continued to investigate.

This story was originally published October 31, 2019 at 6:27 PM.

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C. Isaiah Smalls II is a sports and culture writer who covers the Miami Dolphins. In his previous capacity at the Miami Herald, he was the race and culture reporter who created The 44 Percent, a newsletter dedicated to the Black men who voted to incorporate the city of Miami. A graduate of both Morehouse College and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Smalls previously worked for ESPN’s Andscape.
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