FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A man was killed and another was taken to the hospital after a fiery wrong-way crash on Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale.
Florida Highway Patrol said they received a call regarding the incident early Saturday morning.
Officials said 24-year-old Gerald Ellis was heading north in the southbound lanes when it crashed into another vehicle near State Road 9, just after 3 a.m..
Authorities said Ellis’ caught fire shortly after impact.
“Subsequent to the collision, one vehicle erupted into flames, and the fire department responded and put the fire out,” said FHP Sgt. Lazaro Castano.
Ellis was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials said the man driving the other vehicle is a 33-year-old man visiting from Duluth, Georgia. Paramedics transported him to Broward Health Medical Center with critical injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
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