The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol reported that three persons were taken to a mainland hospital Monday afternoon following a head-on incident on the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys.
Sheriff Rick Ramsay told the Miami Herald that the incident between a GMC Denali pickup and a BMW SUV occurred around 2 p.m. on the renowned span that connects Marathon in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys.
According to Florida Highway Patrol Master Sgt. Pedro Reinoso, the driver of the Denali was going south when he “for unknown reasons” veered into the northbound lane and collided with the BMW. Firefighters had to remove two occupants from the BMW.
They were transported by ambulance from the bridge to Monroe County’s Trauma Star helicopter ambulance, which flew them to Jackson South Medical Center, according to Ramsay.
Reinoso said the man driving the Denali was also taken to the mainland, and he is a Monroe County resident, while the man and lady in the BMW are from Maryland.
The sheriff reported that traffic on the Seven Mile Bridge was halted in both directions until around 4 p.m.
The FHP is investigating the crash, and alcohol does not appear to be a factor, Reinoso said.
Reference: Three airlifted after head-on crash on Seven Mile Bridge in Florida Keys, sheriff says
