MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) - An investigation is underway in Miami Gardens where a body was recovered after a vehicle was found nearly submerged in a canal, early Saturday morning.
Police identified the victim as 33-year-old Willie Joe Johnson from Miami.
According to Miami Gardens Police, officers discovered the vehicle after a resident reported hearing a large splash in the canal at 15th Avenue and Northwest 155th Street at around 3:30 a.m.
Shortly after, fire rescue found the body of Johnson floating in the canal. Rescuers attempted to revive him, but Johnson was pronounced dead at Jackson North Medical Center , according to police.
7News cameras rolled as the black four-door sedan was towed out of the canal, at around 8 a.m.
It remains unknown as to how the car ended up in the canal.
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