SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Two people died and two others were airlifted to the hospital after a wrong-way crash on the Florida Turnpike in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said the crash occurred on the northbound lanes near Bird Road, Sunday morning .
Troopers said the driver of a blue Honda was traveling in the wrong direction and crashed into a silver Toyota. The collision caused a third car, a white Toyota that was also driving in the wrong direction, to crash into the debris and a responding FHP cruiser.
Two people who were inside the white Toyota were airlifted to a HCA Florida Kendall Hospital with serious injuries. The drivers of the blue Honda and silver Toyota died at the scene.
The FHP trooper was outside of the vehicle at the time of the secondary crash and was not injured.
Lanes have since reopened, but the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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