Traffic

Deadly multi-car crash shuts down Davie Boulevard near I-95 during rush hour

A deadly multi-car crash has shut down Davie Boulevard’s access to Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale.

Update: The roadway reopened early Friday afternoon.

Video taken by local news stations shows three cars with serious damage in a section of the overpass early Friday.

One car is crushed underneath an SUV. Another car has rolled over on the nearby ramp.

One person died at the crash. Two others were taken as trauma alerts to Broward Health.

Fort Lauderdale Police have closed the I-95 south ramps.

I-95 northbound traffic can only travel eastbound on Davie Boulevard, according to Total Traffic Miami. Those traveling westbound on the boulevard will be directed onto I-95 northbound.

Fort Lauderdale Police’s DUI Task Force and Traffic Homicide Units are investigating the crash.

No other details about the crash were immediately available. Authorities have not released the names of the victims.

This story was originally published November 22, 2019 at 8:00 AM.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
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
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