TRAFFIC ALERT: Officials have shut down the northbound lanes of the turnpike near Coconut Creek after a fatal multi-vehicle accident. https://t.co/cQyjMbDZ8D
— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) July 7, 2025
A deadly wrong way crash on the turnpike Monday morning near Coconut Creek in Broward is under investigation.
This morning’s accident happened around 4:30 a.m. right before the Pompano Service Plaza and is shutting down all northbound lanes.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, 19- years old Hispanic male from Oviedo was driving a Mercedes northbound when he was hit head-on on the driver’s side by an unknown driver of an Acura traveling southbound in the wrong direction…