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Biker airlifted to hospital after crash with 18-wheeler in Hialeah, fire-rescue says

A motorcyclist was airlifted to the hospital after colliding with a semitrailer in Hialeah early Monday.
A motorcyclist was airlifted to the hospital after colliding with a semitrailer in Hialeah early Monday. File

A motorcyclist was airlifted to the hospital after colliding with a semitrailer in Hialeah early Monday.

The crash happened in the area of East 63rd Street and Seventh Avenue near LeJeune Road around 6 a.m., according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, who assisted Hialeah Fire Rescue.

Helicopter video taken by WSVN showed police blocking the area around the intersection during the morning rush hour. One person was airlifted to the hospital with traumatic injuries, according to fire-rescue. The roadway has since reopened.

No other information was immediately available.

This story was originally published May 17, 2021 at 9:19 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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