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Driver Trapped, Killed In Weston Van Crash

WESTON (CBSMiami) – An accident on I-75 in Weston turned deadly when a vehicle hit a bridge support and burst into flames, leaving

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the accident took place just north of Royal Palm Boulevard in the southbound direction of I-75 around shortly before 10 a .m.

A van drove off the road and slammed head on into the Indian Trace/SW 14th Street overpass bridge support. The vehicle caught on fire and the driver, Roberto Ortuso, was trapped and died, according to FHP.

Ortuso was 48-years-old and was from Plantation.

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