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"Jaws of Life" Used in School Bus Collision
This school bus ended up in the old Modernage building warehouse on the Palmetto Expressway.
Miami Herald
May 16, 2008
MIAMI, FL – A crash involving a school bus and three cars temporarily closed a portion of the Palmetto Expressway early Friday morning near Northwest 17th Avenue.
The crash happened at 5 a.m. when a car rear-ended another vehicle. The bus driver, trying to avoid the crash, swerved and went through the guard rail, down an embankment and crashed into the old Modernage building warehouse at 1200 NW 167th St. Two adults were in the bus, but there were no children. Nobody was in the warehouse. A female driver in a third car also went over the concrete barrier and onto Northwest 167th Street.
A Florida Highway Patrol officer walks next to a car involved in a morning collision on the Palmetto Expressway.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue used the ’’jaws of life’’ to remove the woman from the third car. She was taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital with severe injuries.
The bus driver and passenger and a fourth person involved in the crash were also taken with minor injuries.
The driver of the car that caused the accident was treated on the scene and arrested, charged with DUI and driving with a suspended license, Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Pat Santangelo said.
The expressway has since reopened.
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