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Driver killed after his dump truck overturned on U.S. 27 in Broward, troopers say

A truck driver was killed when the vehicle he was driving overturned on U.S. 27 in Broward County on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
A truck driver was killed when the vehicle he was driving overturned on U.S. 27 in Broward County on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Florida Highway Patrol

A man behind the wheel of a dump truck was killed Tuesday morning when his vehicle crashed and overturned on U.S. 27, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Around 6:42 a.m., a man driving southbound in a 1992 Ford dump truck veered off the road and overturned on the right shoulder near mile marker 40, Lt. Indiana Miranda, an FHP spokeswoman, said in a statement.

The man died at the crash site.

It was not immediately known what caused the crash.

One southbound lane remained open as of 8:15 a.m.

This story was originally published February 27, 2024 at 8:54 AM.

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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