SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) — Family members have identified the two drivers who were killed in a wrong-way crash on the Florida Turnpike in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Two GoFundMe pages for the deceased name them as Gabriel Sequeira and 23-year-old Gustavo Adolfo. The organizer of Sequeira’s page writes that her friend has “experienced an unimaginable tragedy, the sudden loss of her beloved son, Gabriel, in a devastating car accident.”
As for Adolfo’s family, their GoFundMe describes him as “pure joy” and someone who radiated light, kindness, and love. They say, “Gustavo was driving his car when, unexpectedly, another vehicle going the wrong way caused a head-on collision that took his life in the most painful and unfair way.”
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred early Sunday morning around 4 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike near Bird Road. Investigators report that a blue Honda was traveling in the wrong direction when it collided head-on with a silver Toyota.
Shortly after, while an FHP trooper was working at the scene of the crash, a second collision occurred. Another vehicle, a white Toyota, plowed into the crashed vehicles and the trooper’s cruiser. Officials confirmed that this white Toyota was also traveling southbound in the northbound lanes.
Cellphone video captured the moments leading up to the violent crash. Fortunately, the trooper was outside of his vehicle at the time of the secondary crash and was not injured.
The two drivers from the initial collision died at the scene. Meanwhile, two other individuals were taken to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital with serious injuries.
The Florida Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash.
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