2 killed, 2 hurt in I-95 crash in Hollywood after driver loses control on ramp, FHP says
By Michelle Marchante and
Carli Teproff
One of the cars was left rolled over on its side against the wall under the I-95 overpass. The other wrecked car was pressed up against a pole.The I-95 ramp remains closed. Hollywood Boulevard is also closed in both directions, according to Hollywood police.
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A man and woman were killed and two others were critically injured Friday in a rollover crash that shut down an Interstate 95 exit ramp and a section of Hollywood Boulevard in both directions, Florida Highway Patrol troopers say.
The crash happened shortly after 6 a.m. when a driver exiting southbound I-95 to Hollywood Boulevard lost control and crashed into another vehicle at the intersection, according to FHP.
The impact caused one of the cars to roll on its side against the wall under the I-95 overpass. The other wrecked car was pressed against a pole. The I-95 ramp remains closed. Hollywood Boulevard in the area was closed in both directions, according to Hollywood police.
One of the cars was left rolled over on its side against the wall under the I-95 overpass. The other wrecked car was pressed up against a pole.The I-95 ramp remains closed. Hollywood Boulevard is also closed in both directions, according to Hollywood police. Florida Department of Transportation Traffic Cameras
Video taken by Local 10 early Friday showed fire-rescue crews using the jaws of life to reach at least one person who was trapped inside one of the cars.
Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Yanko Reyes said a man and woman in the vehicle that overturned were rushed to a nearby hospital where they died. Their identities will not be released until family is notified. FHP said the man was 62 and the woman was 64.
The driver who lost control and another man were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
A third vehicle, an SUV, was damaged when debris the from the crash hit it. The driver of that vehicle was not injured.
This story was originally published March 5, 2021 at 7:19 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
