The driver of a pickup truck died after colliding with an Amazon tractor-trailer in a wrong-way crash on an exit ramp at the Palmetto Expressway in Miami-Dade early Friday morning.
The crash happened around 5:20 a.m. on the southbound ramp to State Road 826, according to Florida Highway Patrol officials.
FHP officials said the tractor-trailer was traveling on westbound SR-924, attempting to exit onto southbound SR-826, when it collided head-on with a pickup truck that was driving the wrong way.
The driver of the pick-up truck died on the scene as a result of his injuries, according to FHP. Their identity hasn't been released.
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The driver of the tractor-trailer, Johny Cuba, did not sustain any injuries.
Cuba told NBC 6 that he tried to avoid the crash by moving to the side, but the pickup was "coming too fast."
The crash remains under investigation.
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