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Tractor-Trailer Rollover Closes Northbound Lanes of Turnpike in Miami-Dade

The driver was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries

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A tractor-trailer rollover had a stretch of the Florida's Turnpike in Miami-Dade closed Wednesday afternoon.

The crash was reported in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike near Northwest 106th Street.

Traffic was reportedly backed up as far was Northwest 74th Street.

Florida Highway Patrol officials said the driver was traveling on an entrance ramp when he "failed to properly negotiate the curve," causing the tractor-trailer to overturn.

The driver was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

No other information was immediately known.

Check back with NBC 6 for updates.

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