MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) - Police are investigating after a man drove through a closed road under construction and fatally crashed into a piece of construction machinery in Miramar.
Miramar Police officers responded to the scene in the area of County Line Road and Douglas Road at around 7:15 a.m., Thursday.
7News cameras captured the large piece of equipment on top of a white Chevrolet Tahoe SUV with a heavily damaged roof and windshield.
Officials said the 32-year-old man from Hollywood drove through a road closed sign and hit a heavy piece of construction machinery.
“He was probably speeding coming from a club or something, and they ran right here where it’s closed, and they hit the signs, and they carried the signs all the way over there,” a nearby resident said.
Please avoid Douglas Road, from County Line Road to the 3700 block, due to a fatal traffic crash. Crash investigation is ongoing. Road will remain closed for a few hours. pic.twitter.com/jcAmq2dBLj
— Miramar Police (@MiramarPD) August 1, 2019
Roads in the area were shut down for several hours before reopening at around 10 a.m.
“You gotta stay alert to stay alive,” the resident said. “The driver wasn’t alert, he went right in between the signs. The signs were up. They’ve been closed some time now since they’ve been doing the bridge. Drivers just have to be more alert – it’s wet, it’s dangerous. There’s a lot of construction going on, he wasn’t alert.”
The SUV has since been towed away from the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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