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Subscribe to RSSA delivery truck with two passengers in the front cab dangles off an on-ramp from I-95 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
One person was killed and another hospitalized after the box truck they were in crashed and was left dangling off the side of a South Florida highway overpass early Wednesday.
The incident happened around 5 a.m. on the State Road 84 westbound on-ramp from I-95 in Fort Lauderdale.
Police said two people were in the Tracy Bakery truck when it crashed and ended up halfway off the ramp with its front end leaning against a pillar.
The driver of the truck was taken out and transported to Broward Health Medical Center where their condition was unknown.
The passenger remained inside the truck and had been unresponsive, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesman Matt Little said.
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Three tow trucks were brought to the scene to pull the truck back onto the overpass about two hours after the crash.
The truck's passenger was later pronounced dead, officials said.
Little said a second car was involved in the crash and a person inside that car may be injured.
None of the people involved has been identified. A woman who answered the phone at Tracy Bakery said she doesn't know the people who were inside the truck or where they were going to or from when the crash happened.
The crash left the two right lanes to the State Road 84 on-ramp blocked and two northbound lanes of I-95 just south of State Road 84 closed and caused traffic delays in the area.
No other details were immediately known.
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Here's another breaking story.
A crime has happened somewhere in the country.
The locations is being identified.
The names of the people involved is unknown.
Um, that was a stapler not an IPAD.
The passenger probably died of a heart attack.
Another good reason to ban assault vehicles... Carrying 30 gallons of fuel or more...
Wow, what are the chances of hitting a pillar saving the truck from going over the side of an overpass saving the drivers life or there would have been "no" survivors?
Condolences the the family of the passenger who died however;
It may have been stolen in the first place by a couple of guys who hardly knew how to handle the box truck in the first place which may have contributed to the crash. Hmmmmm...
the cause of the accident was shifting donuts.
@ Red....
There were plenty of police present... I heard they stormed the truck.
It is a sad, pathetic person whose first thought goes to their gun rights and assault weapons when you read of someone being killed in an automobile accident. Automobiles are necessary in order to get around, go to work, go to stores, deliver goods to stores, visit Grandma, etc. Guns are for killing and nothing more. There is no logical comparison between the two.
Wow a person is dead and we hear jokes about donuts and police and the never ending "ban this ban that blah blah blah" crap.
DARA BROWN IS SOOO SEXY, we are not even benefitting from the thong she wearing beneath it all...
Nobody can report death and destruction in such a sexy manner as the lovely Dara Brown.
Just wondering what happened to my cookie order from Tracy Bakery? They seem to be running late.
Dancing spiderman, Dara Brown is soooo sexy? compared to what... a Hippo???
Mucous attacks city
Phlegm at 11
Nothing much to do, XD, huh? Maybe is an idiotic article for you, but thankfully for those of us who drive through the area is a heads up to avoid being stuck in traffic.
You don't have local news sources that provide that information? Do they use smoke signals where you live?
Or better yet, were you reading this "article" on your I-phone or other device as you sped down the highway, totally oblivious to any and all around you?
Will YOU be the next non story posted here, with no names or other specifics?
I the picture was an illustration about Obama's handling of the fiscal cliff and how successful he's been.
You're an idiot. Someone's family member died.
I am sure they take great solace in your impotent, whiny post Josh. Typical Progressive. Sense of humor of a wet fart.
Uh, bum... seems you can't stop whining about Obama-- even when you can't get a stiff one for your boyfriend, or when you have boogers falling outta your long nose.
bum: "Obama this. Obama that...!"
Quit whining, loser.
You filthy ignorant Tea Baggers need to clean up what little act you have left. I only hope to live long enough to express myself on your grave.
JUST I doubt your welfare check could buy you a ticket to where I live so maybe you can just call up from the basement to mommy and she'll make you a grilled cheese sandwich. After all her little boy is only 37 and might be leaving home within 20 years.
Obama has been spanking the Republicans. The Republicans cannot do anything correctly.
Hey, Just Me... BULLSEYE! you're 100% correct about the 'baggernuts being... FILTHY & IGNORANT!
skibum,
Your first line of your trolling rants begin with : "I the picture" a stupid start from a stupid person!
You are an idiot!
Dangle, dangles and dangling are funny words...kind of like doily...
the blady doesn't know them another case of hiring untrained illegals
Dangle: 1. to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope
dangled in the breeze.
Obviously not what is happening to this truck..
Small minded tea people don't have enough to dangle.
Hell of a marketing gimmick for Tracy Bakery.
What a mean spirited world we now live in. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Some family has lost a loved one and all you can do is make unfunny off subject comments.
You REALLY think that the families are reading the comments section of the tragedy that took the life of their loved one? Shame people can't recognize the humor in the complete LACK of information that makes NATIONAL news here on NBCNEWS.
They may not be reading this but it shows your ignorance and lack of empathy .
That's what Unemployed people with Internet access do with their Free Time, kernolkink.
SUCK - um, ignorance, no.. my IQ is pretty far up there..empathy, none of my splendid driving mishaps were in the news let alone had people write about them good or bad... so...yeah.. no empathy for those that do.
Dancing - Fully employed and probably making more than you, actually almost guaranteed. If you pay attention, I wrote DURING LUNCH. Before you say what about now, I'm entitled to a break here and there during my day.
I'd sure like to know how they went over the guardrail. A few more feet to the left and they all would be dead.
I'm pretty sure they drove, not positive, but pretty sure.
N.S. Sherlock. People don't normally drive over the guardrail. Maybe you do. I don't. I would like to know what caused them to go over the guardrail. Capiche?
good thing he ran into the concrete pole
The box truck wanted to pole danse at 5AM. We told him "no", but he jumped the overpass anyway...
I would hardly call that dangling, more like wedged, Morons!
Dangles over side of bridge or wedged over side of bridge , which do you think sounds more descriptive
I suspect the truck was either traveling at too high a speed, or too steep an impact angle, resulting in the bridge's barrier railing being unable to safely retain and redirect it. Or the railing was faulty, in which case the lawyers will be lining up, trying to make the survivor a very rich man.
How many Illegals were in the truck?
Were tasty frozen bakery treats strewn about the highway, just free for the taking? I can hear it now:
Wife: "OMG, do you think they are injured?"
Husband: "Nah, they're fine. Now grab as many of these frozen key lime pies as you can honey."
Who the hell moderates this website? I don´t like most of the decisions when they ban some comments but it´s their site, so I can´t do anything about it.
But I started to see some spam comments about online auctions and those aren´t banned.
WTF?!!
The truck driver must be from Mexico---Obama gave the go ahead--all Mexican trucks can now use American roads---thanks Clinton for NAFTA--American truck drivers are having to sell their trucks
It's amazing how ignorant and insensitive some of you are. This is the problem with this country. Nothing else.
My condolences to the family regardless of who the deceased was. I'm sure he was loved by family and friends who are grieving now.