Published: November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Driver hospitalized after slamming truck into palm tree, wine shop in Fort Lauderdale A pickup truck slammed into a palm tree and then the front of a Fort Lauderdale wine shop Wednesday afternoon, leaving the driver hospitalized, police said.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A pickup truck slammed into a palm tree and then the front of a Fort Lauderdale wine shop Wednesday afternoon, leaving the driver hospitalized, police said.

It happened at Small Wine Shop, located at 210 N. Andrews Ave.

A Local 10 News crew was at the scene, where first responders helped the man onto a gurney after the crash.

According to Fort Lauderdale police, the man being transported was the driver of the red pickup truck, who was the only person injured.

It remains unclear what caused him to lose control and crash into the building.

No other details about the man or the crash were immediately released.

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