I-595 Crash Sends 7 to Hospitals; Truck Injury Lawyer Alert

Seven people, including one child, were rushed to hospitals after a crash on the westbound Interstate 595 off-ramp to Interstate 95 southbound near Fort Lauderdale on Friday afternoon. A truck injury lawyer reviewing the scene would start with the same facts troopers are now sorting through: a cement truck, a taxi and a ramp closed while investigators worked.

Paramedics took five people to Broward Health Medical Center and two people to Memorial Regional Hospital. Four adults and the child were transported as trauma alerts, while two other adults suffered minor injuries.

I-595 off-ramp

Broward Sheriff's Fire Rescue units and Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to the crash site on the westbound lanes of I-595. Traffic on the regular portion of the highway moved slowly as the ramp stayed shut during the investigation.

Images from the scene showed a white car that was a taxi, a cement truck and traffic backed up in the area. The taxi was smashed beyond recognition and against a wall, with airbags deployed and the back door and trunk destroyed. Skid marks were visible on the street, and the cement truck had front-end damage.

Broward hospitals

The hospital split gave the crash its clearest operational impact: five victims went to Broward Health Medical Center and two went to Memorial Regional Hospital. For families trying to find relatives after a highway collision, those destination names are the quickest way to track where patients were taken.

Troopers closed the ramp as they investigated the crash. The source does not identify the drivers or say what caused the collision, leaving the damaged taxi and cement truck as the only visible clues from the scene.