DAVIE, FLA. (WSVN) - Two children and one woman are in the hospital after a crash with a tractor trailer in Davie.
Heavy traffic delays were caused by the collision on Interstate 75 southbound and Griffin Road after the tractor trailer and car collided around 6 a.m. Thursday.
Tow trucks and Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to the scene and worked for hours before removing the car and trailer.
Davie Fire Rescue crews responded to the scene and transported a 36-year-old woman and two 8-year-old children to the hospital.
The children were taken to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital as a precaution, but the woman was said to be in critical condition.
Fire Rescue crews had to extricate the woman from the vehicle before she was airlifted to Memorial Regional Hospital.
FHP officials said it was a chain reaction crash.
The silver car first crashed with a BMW before it smashed into the semi.
“There is a side swipe that occurred between the two compact vehicles. That crash forces one of the vehicles into the path of the tractor trailer,” said FHP Lt. Alvaro Feola.
The BMW’s driver said he was hit by the silver car the woman was driving and then witnessed the aftermath.
“The other guy in the truck said he saw the gray car come out, hit me and then spun over and hit the truck, and that’s when they went off,” said Michael Stanley.
The off-ramp and three lanes were shut down as crews worked to clean up 60 gallons of fuel that spilled from the trailer but have since reopened.
The driver of the semi and the BMW were determined to be OK.
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