An eight-car crash involving a bus and a tractor trailer paralyzed rush hour traffic on the Palmetto Expressway for nearly two hours in Hialeah Thursday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The crash shut down the southbound lanes of the expressway by Northwest 122nd Street, except the express lane, shortly after 7:30 a.m. It caused massive backups along the Palmetto. The lanes reopened just after 9:30 a.m., according to Local 10.
A major crash involving a bus and a tractor trailer has paralyzed rush hour traffic on the Palmetto Expressway in Hialeah Thursday morning. Florida Department of Transportation Live Camera database
Helicopter video taken by WSVN showed multiple cars with damage scattered around the lanes. Two of the cars were between the bus and the tractor trailer.
#TRAFFIC ALERT: SB Palmetto shut down at NW 122nd St after major crash involving several vehicles, including a tractor-trailer and bus pic.twitter.com/LmjJ7521g6
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