FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A baby was found dead Thursday night, hours after being ejected from a pickup truck that crashed on a South Florida interstate stretch known as Alligator Alley, authorities said.
The crash occurred Thursday afternoon on a portion of Interstate 75 that runs through the Everglades and connects South Florida and southwest Florida, the Sun Sentinel reported.
Six other people were injured when a tire blew and caused the eastbound truck to veer into a ditch and flip over between the roadway and a canal, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The infant was thrown from the vehicle, and dozens of police and rescue workers, including a dive team, spent hours searching for the child.
Officials didn’t immediately identify the baby or the other people who were injured in the crash. Investigators didn’t say whether the baby was in a car seat.
Eastbound traffic remained stopped for hours after the crash.
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