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Wrong-way driver causes head-on crash on I-75 in Pembroke Pines, fire rescue says

By Olivia Lloyd
Florida Highway Patrol and Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue responded to the scene of a head-on accident on I-75 Tuesday, officials said.
Florida Highway Patrol and Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue responded to the scene of a head-on accident on I-75 Tuesday, officials said. Photo by Matias J. Ocner mocner@miamiherald.com

Two people were hospitalized after an apparent wrong-way driver crashed into another car on Interstate 75 on Tuesday, authorities said.

One SUV driver was heading southbound in the northbound lanes of I-75 on April 21 when they crashed head-on into another SUV, a spokesperson for Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue told the Pembroke Pines News.

The collision happened just south of Pines Boulevard on the highway, causing lane closures.

Florida Highway Patrol responded along with Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue, which took the two drivers to Memorial Regional Hospital as level one trauma alerts.

One driver ended up in the ICU with serious injuries, and the other driver sustained minor injuries, according to fire rescue.

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Olivia Lloyd
Pembroke Pines News
Olivia Lloyd is an Associate Editor/Reporter for the Coral Springs News, the Pembroke Pines News and the Miramar News. She graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Previously, she has worked for Hearst DevHub, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and McClatchy’s Real Time Team.
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Isabel Rivera
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Isabel Rivera covers the city of Pembroke Pines for the Pembroke Pines News, a sister publication of the Miami Herald. She graduated from Florida International University (go Panthers!), speaks Spanish and was born and raised in Miami-Dade. Her last meal on death row would include a cortadito.