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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A body was pulled from an overturned tractor-trailer Tuesday afternoon on Florida’s Turnpike in Miramar.
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About a dozen Miami-Dade firefighters and rescue personnel were on scene. The truck’s cabin had been crushed.
Video images showed an 18-wheeler truck on its back.
Firefighters were seen using the “Jaws of Life” to cut through the truck’s cabin.
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Firefighters were seen pulling a body from the truck’s cabin, placing it on a stretcher and covering it with a yellow tarp.
A rescue chopper had also arrived at the scene.
All northbound lanes of the Turnpike, between Northwest 27th Avenue and Northwest 27th Avenue, are closed.
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