{"id":179169,"date":"2026-03-05T12:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179169\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:25:14","slug":"driver-airlifted-after-tractor-trailer-crash-in-nw-miami-dade-nb-okeechobee-road-back-open-near-170th-st-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179169\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver airlifted after tractor-trailer crash in NW Miami-Dade; NB Okeechobee Road back open near 170th St. &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Rescue crews airlifted a driver to the hospital following a collision involving two tractor-trailers that led to the hours-long closure of all northbound lanes along Okeechobee Road in Northwest Miami-Dade, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the trucks collided at the intersection of Okeechobee Road and Northwest 170th Street, at around 6:55 a.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The impact caused both vehicles to overturn, spilling fuel and debris onto the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics airlifted one of the drivers involved to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital with serious injuries. The other driver did not suffer any injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers have shut down all northbound lanes of Okeechobee Road near the intersection with Northwest 170th Street while they investigate and crews clean up the roadway<\/p>\n<p>7Skyforce captured northbound traffic being diverted. The roadway has since reopened to traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Rescue crews airlifted a driver to the hospital following a collision involving two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-179169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179169","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=179169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}