Fatal crash closes down SW 88th Street in West Kendall

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – Miami-Dade Police responded to a fatal crash in West Kendall.

Crews responded to the scene near Southwest 88th Street and 172nd Avenue, Thursday.

According to police, a driver was speeding down Krome Avenue trying to make a turn when the driver struck a pickup truck.

The driver then tried getting away, lost control and slammed into a tree.

That driver and a passenger died in the crash.

Two mangled vehicles could be spotted at the scene, along with two yellow tarps.

Kendall Drive had been closed in both directions between Southwest 167th to 172nd Avenues but has since reopened.

No one was injured in the pickup truck.

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