NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police are investigating after a passenger was killed in a crash in Northwest Miami-Dade.
The incident occurred near Northwest 27th Avenue and 38th Street just after 2:30 p.m.
Miami-Dade Fire rescue responded to the scene and found the female passenger had been ejected from a black sedan after it collided with a tractor trailer. She was pronounced dead at the scene, fire rescue said.
Witnesses said the driver of the black sedan was traveling on 38th Street, tried to make a turn, careened with the tire of the tractor trailer and spun out, causing the ejection.
“He made a right turn, and she was coming straight,” one witness said. “I guess she didn’t see him and ran into it. We ran out, and all we see was a car in smoke and fire.”
An adult male has been transported to an area hospital in unknown condition.
Miami-Dade Police have shut down 27th Avenue in both directions at Northwest 36th Street and 41st Street.
Police are trying to determine if speed may have played a factor in the crash.
7Skyforce hovered over the scene as police investigate what caused the fatal crash.
Roads at NW 27th Avenue, North and Southbound lanes, are closed between 36th Street and 41st Street due to a traffic fatality. Please seek alternate routes. More information to follow. pic.twitter.com/fcMwb09rQr
— Miami-Dade Police (@MiamiDadePD) January 29, 2019
As of 9:30 p.m., the southbound lanes of 27th Avenue have re-opened, but the northbound lanes remain closed, police said.
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