Dozens of people were injured and two minors were taken to hospital Thursday after a crash on the Dolphin Freeway involving a Miami-Dade school bus and other vehicles, authorities said.
A spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Fire Department told Telemundo 51 and NBC 6 that a total of 50 people were treated at the crash site and two children were taken to a hospital in the area. area, one in a Miami-Dade ambulance and another in a private ambulance. , but none of them were seriously injured.
Florida Highway Patrol spokespersons said the driver of one of the vehicles involved had to be transported to an area hospital with minor injuries.
The Florida Highway Patrol reported the incident occurred in the westbound lanes of Highway 836 northwest of 107th Avenue, when a silver Lexus SUV collided with a black Nissan SUV.
The Lexus got stuck in one of the lanes and the driver of the school bus with about 50 students on it failed to stop and hit it from behind. Another small car was also involved in the accident.
According to the version of one of the drivers, excessive speed added to the recklessness of one of the drivers would have caused the collision.
The driver of the vehicle that caused the most damage after the impact told what happened.
“I was coming from 836 and a girl was coming fast, she hit me from behind. My car takes a turn and starts hitting all the cars, that’s what I know because I stayed there, ”recalls José Antonio Tejeda, one of the pilots involved in the accident, from the time of the accident.
This driver said he was in good health and calm that the situation had not escalated. At this time, mobility flows normally in the 4 lanes of the Dolphin Expressway.
The right lane of westbound trails was closed for at least an hour. Mobility, although fluid, was reduced due to the closure of one of the lanes.