5 dead after wrong-way crash on Palmetto Expressway; FHP seeks info on driver
Four women and one man are dead after a wrong-way crash on the Palmetto Expressway Saturday morning.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – 5 people are dead after a wrong-way crash on the Palmetto Expressway Saturday morning.
The crash happened just after 4:30 a.m. along the Palmetto and Northwest 57th Avenue.
Officials said a man driving a silver Infiniti was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes when he crashed into a gray Honda sedan with four women and one man. None of them survived.
The Florida Highway Patrol later identified the driver as 30-year-old Maiky Simeon.
“About 4:31 a.m., we received a call of a car accident on the 826 and 57th Avenue. (We) found two cars crashed and multiple injuries and unfortunately a few deaths,” according to Marc Chavers, division chief of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue who spoke to Local 10 News at the scene.
Morning report:
5 people are dead after a wrong-way crash on the Palmetto Expressway Saturday morning.
Chavers said crews had to use the “Jaws of Life” to get the trapped driver out of the Infiniti. Simeon was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center with serious injuries.
While the incident is in the early stages of the investigation, Chavers said moments before the crash police had received a call about a car driving the wrong way.
Officials have not yet publicly identified the five victims who died.
