HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - One person has died and fire rescue crews had to airlift two other people to the hospital after a head-on collision in Hialeah.

Hialeah Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene in the area of West 16th Avenue and 60th Street, just after 5 p.m., Tuesday.

According to fire officials, two people were airlifted in critical condition to Jackson Memorial Hospital. Another victim was extricated and taken by ground to the hospital as a trauma alert.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said they assisted with both air rescue helicopters.

Fire officials said the crash involved two vehicles, and there were two people in each car.

One person was pronounced dead at the scene, fire officials said.

The ages of the victims is not yet known.

All roads in the area were blocked off while police investigated the crash, officials said, but the roadway has since been reopened.

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