1 killed in three-car crash on North Hiatus Road in Plantation, police say

One person was killed in a crash involving three cars on North Hiatus Road in Plantation early Tuesday.

The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. in the 700 block of North Hiatus Road. It shut down the road in both directions between West Broward Boulevard and Cleary Boulevard for several hours

Plantation police say that a driver of a 2018 Chevrolet crashed into a 2003 GMC in the southbound lanes and then slammed into a tree in the median. Debris from the crashed Chevrolet also struck a 2009 Honda that was heading north on the road.

Police say the Chevrolet’s driver died in the crash. The two other drivers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

This story was originally published August 31, 2021 at 7:06 AM.

Michelle Marchante

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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