Family speaks out after wrong-way wreck on Palmetto Expressway kills 1, hospitalizes 2 others

HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) – A family speaks out after a deadly wrong-way crash on the Palmetto Expressway killed one person and hospitalized two others in Hialeah Gardens.

Florida Highway Patrol said a SUV was going north in the southbound lanes, causing the driver to smash into another SUV driving south around 1 a.m. Monday near the exit to Okeechobee Road. The passenger in the vehicle heading the wrong way died in the crash.

“The Mercedes rolled over and the passenger was ejected out of the vehicle and that individual was pronounced deceased at the scene,” said Trooper Joe Sanchez…

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