MIAMI (WSVN) - A 14-year-old was killed and two other teens were taken to the hospital after, authorities said, the car they were riding in slammed into palm trees off the Florida Turnpike, early Saturday morning.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the 17-year-old driver was traveling on the Turnpike Extension southbound at around 1:30 a.m. when he lost control of the car on the exit ramp to Allapattah Road, overcorrected and slid onto wet grass along the shoulder. Officials said the rear side of the vehicle struck a palm tree, causing it to rotate and strike another tree. It then came to a stop against the second tree.
Rescuers surrounded the vehicle and extricated the victims from the vehicle.
Officials said the front seat passenger did not survive. The driver and another 14-year-old passenger who was in the back seat sustained injuries.
Paramedics rushed the driver and surviving passenger to Jackson Memorial Hospital. As of Saturday night, their conditions remain unknown.
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