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Southbound lanes of Palmetto Expressway reopen after car overturns near Hialeah

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All southbound express lanes of the Palmetto Expressway near Hialeah reopened Tuesday afternoon after a car overturned, according to authorities.

The crash happened at 3:14 p.m. on the express lanes at Northwest 122nd Street. The lanes reopened hours later.

An unidentified person was trapped in the vehicle but was later removed and airlifted to a hospital, according to the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department.

Authorities did not immediately give additional information.

This story was originally published April 5, 2022 at 4:57 PM.

Omar Rodríguez Ortiz
Miami Herald
Omar is a bilingual and bicultural journalist, covering breaking news in South Florida for the Miami Herald. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree in education from the Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras.
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