{"id":157770,"date":"2026-02-16T23:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/157770\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T23:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:20:11","slug":"two-dead-in-wrong-way-head-on-crash-on-u-s-27-in-broward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/157770\/","title":{"rendered":"Two dead in wrong-way, head-on crash on U.S. 27 in Broward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\"  alt=\"A deadly wrong-way collision on U.S. 27 in Broward County left a Range Rover engulfed in flames at mile marker 37; investigators confirmed both drivers died at the scene.\" title=\"A deadly wrong-way collision on U.S. 27 in Broward County left a Range Rover engulfed in flames at mile marker 37; investigators confirmed both drivers died at the scene.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A deadly wrong-way collision on U.S. 27 in Broward County left a Range Rover engulfed in flames at mile marker 37; investigators confirmed both drivers died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images | Royalty Free<\/p>\n<p>            Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/p>\n<p>Two drivers were killed early Wednesday morning in a wrong-way crash on U.S. 27 in Broward County that left one car  in flames and its driver trapped inside.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened  around 12:25 a.m. at Mile Marker 37, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said a white Land Rover Discovery, driven by an unidentified man,  collided head-on with a white 2013 Nissan Altima driven by a 24-year-old woman from Palmetto.<\/p>\n<p>The Nissan\u2019s driver was going south in the northbound lanes, while the Land Rover was heading north. They were not able to avoid each other, FHP said.<\/p>\n<p>The Land Rover caught fire, trapping the driver inside. Both drivers died at the scene, FHP said.<\/p>\n<p>The northbound lanes were temporarily closed but reopened around 7 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published February 11, 2026 at 9:10 AM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/288625454\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milena Malaver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Milena Malaver covers crime and breaking news for the Miami Herald. She was born and raised in Miami-Dade and is a graduate of Florida International University. She joined the Herald shortly after graduating.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A deadly wrong-way collision on U.S. 27 in Broward County left a Range Rover engulfed in flames at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[506,249,251,250,75608,75606,75607,52067],"class_list":{"0":"post-157770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-broward-county","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","11":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news","12":"tag-range-rover-fire","13":"tag-two-dead","14":"tag-u-s-27","15":"tag-wrong-way-crash"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}