A fatal crash has shut down a stretch of the Don Shula Expressway near Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus.
The crash happened in the northbound lanes of State Road 874 at Killian Parkway just in time for Tuesday’s morning rush hour, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash involves a silver sedan and a truck, according to FHP spokesman Lt. Alejandro Camacho.
A picture shared by FHP on Twitter shows a silver sedan with severe front damage on the road.
#TrafficAlert: Expect heavy delays this morning on northbound State Road 874 at Killian Pkwy due to a fatal crash. #FHP is on scene investigating. Please avoid the area! pic.twitter.com/2uPsZLHoVK
Traffic is backed up until the turnpike, and two left lanes are blocked, according to the Florida Department of Transportation’s traffic cameras database.
Only one lane is open to traffic as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, Camacho said.
One of the drivers has died, he said.
Troopers are asking drivers to avoid the area and take alternative routes.
This bulletin will be updated once more information becomes available.
This story was originally published November 12, 2019 at 8:04 AM.
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
