Two crashes involving big rigs have shut down a stretch of U.S. 27 early Tuesday in Broward County.
Helicopter video taken by TV news shows an 18-wheeler rolled on its side in the northbound lanes of the highway. Another tractor trailer also lost control on the same road in a separate crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Both crashes, which were not related to one another, happened near mile marker 39, troopers said.
One of the drivers was airlifted to the hospital in stable condition with serious injuries, troopers said. The other driver is OK.
The crashes are causing heavy backups in the area. Drivers are being directed to go northbound in one of the southbound lanes.
Drivers should expect delays or seek alternate routes.
This article will be updated.
This story was originally published March 29, 2022 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
