Scooter driver critical, passenger dead, after crashing on Florida Turnpike: FHP

A passenger on a scooter driving on Florida’s Turnpike in Broward County Saturday died after becoming lodged underneath a van the small vehicle collided with Saturday afternoon, and the driver remains in critical condition, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash happened shortly before 3 p.m. in the southbound lanes at mile marker 55, according to the FHP.

The driver of the Yongfu scooter, whom troopers say is a 21-year-old man from Miami, was in the center lane and changed lanes into the path of a 2017 Ford Transit van driven by a 27-year-old man from Davie, FHP Lt. Indiana Miranda said…

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