I-395 rollover crash causing gridlock during morning rush hour in downtown Miami

A rollover crash involving an Acura on Interstate 395 in Miami has sent traffic into gridlock during Thursday’s morning rush hour.

The white Acura rolled over after it collided with a gray Lexus sedan in the eastbound lanes of I-395 at North Miami Avenue, right before the Biscayne Boulevard exit, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The interstate connects the Dolphin Expressway with the MacArthur Causeway to Miami Beach.

Both drivers had minor injuries, troopers said. Helicopter video taken by TV news shows heavy backups in the area.

Drivers should avoid the area and seek alternate routes, including Interstate 195.

This bulletin will be updated.

This story was originally published January 13, 2022 at 7:24 AM.

Michelle Marchante

Miami Herald

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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