Authorities reopened the southbound lanes of Interstate I-95 in Miami-Dade early this Monday morning, after they had been closed for more than 12 hours due to a serious accident.
Thousands of people were stranded on Sunday afternoon on the I-95 highway after an incident involving a fuel tanker, which caused the complete closure of the southbound lanes and generated a significant traffic jam around noon.
In images shared on Instagram by the account Only in Dade, several vehicles with significant damage can be seen, including a Lexus sedan, a red pickup truck, and an overturned tanker truck.
The incident occurred near Northwest 103rd Street, in Miami-Dade County, where all southbound lanes were closed due to the accident, which also involved at least two other vehicles.
Traffic cameras captured the most severe congestion around 1:00 p.m., according to local press reports.
Subsequently, they showed the southbound lanes empty, where only emergency crews were seen working on cleaning the area.
The Miami-Dade Fire Department reported a fuel spill on the highway, although no details have been provided about possible injuries or the exact circumstances of the accident.
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