WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A driver was forced off the road and ended up in a canal after being struck by a hit-and-run driver.

Around 9:00p.m., Thursday, the car careened around off the Florida Turnpike near Southwest Eighth Street and the Turnpike Extension in West Miami-Dade.

The driver said he was hit from behind which caused him to lose control of his car and fell into the canal. By the time the driver got out of the car, the other driver was gone.

“I was traveling by the Turnpike and someone hit me from behind and I lost control and fell in the canal. I couldn’t see them. A lot of people pulled over and the car stopped further away, but when I got out they were already gone,” said the driver in Spanish.

The car was later towed out of the water.

At this time, there’s no description of the other vehicle involved.

No injuries were reported.

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