5 dead after wrong-way crash on Palmetto Expressway

5 people are dead after a wrong-way crash on the Palmetto Expressway Saturday morning.

The crash happened just after 4:30 a.m. along the Palmetto and Northwest 57th Avenue.

Officials said a man driving a silver Infiniti the wrong way crashed into a grey Honda sedan with five people inside.

Officials with the Florida Highway Patrol said no one inside the Honda survived.

The wrong-way driver did survive, however. Firefighters extricated him from the vehicle and medics took him to Jackson Memorial Hospital with serious injuries, according to FHP.

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