A vacuum truck driver was hospitalized after a rollover crash on the Don Shula Expressway in Miami-Dade that caused heavy traffic delays Thursday morning.
The crash was reported shortly after 7 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Expressway near Kendall Drive.
Florida Highway Patrol officials said the crash happened when a blue Honda sedan lost control and slammed into the median, then crashed into the vacuum truck.
The collision caused the truck to lose control, hit the median and overturn into the median.
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The man who was driving the truck was removed from the cabin by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and taken to Kendall Regional Trauma Center with serious injuries, officials said.
Aerial footage showed the truck completely flipped over in the grassy median with multiple crews at the scene.
The crash caused major traffic backups during the morning rush hour.
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