Two Florida Highway Patrol troopers are recovering in hospital after a crash on Florida’s Turnpike. The accident left a patrol car mangled and shut down a stretch of one of South Florida’s busiest highways.
Investigators say the troopers had pulled onto the shoulder to deal with a flat tire when an SUV drifted out of the travel lanes and slammed into them. The collision unfolded in the northbound lanes near Northwest 106th Street in Medley, Miami-Dade County.
Reports of the incident sent emergency crews racing to the scene and brought traffic to a halt for hours. Authorities say both troopers survived injuries that could have been fatal…