Plane makes emergency landing on the Sawgrass Expressway. Southbound lanes reopen.
An airplane landed on the Sawgrass Expressway before noon on Saturday.
Coral Springs police and the Florida Highway Patrol closed southbound lanes at Sample Road near Exit 11 after the emergency landing to assist in the rescue and clearing of the single engine plane, police said Saturday morning.
According to Coral Springs police there are no injuries at this time, but drivers were asked to avoid the area.
@CoralSpringsPD & FHP are working a road closure on the Sawgrass. Soutbound lanes at Sample Rd. are closed due to an airplane landing on the roadway. There are no injuries at this time. Please avoid the area until further notice. Updates will be made as information is available. pic.twitter.com/Zdn0M2oGs7
— Coral Springs Police (@CoralSpringsPD) February 13, 2021
By 12:30 p.m., the plane was removed from the roadway and all of the lanes were reopened to traffic.
Cleared: Police activity in Broward County on Sawgrass Expressway South, at Exit 11: Sample Road. On-ramp closed, All lanes blocked. Last updated at 12:04 PM.
— FL511 Southeast (@fl511_southeast) February 13, 2021
This is not the first time recently that a plane has made an emergency landing on that expressway.
On Aug. 7, 2020, mechanical issues forced a small plane to land on the eastbound lanes of the Sawgrass on a Friday night, just east of University Drive, WPLG-Local 10 reported at the time. No one was injured in that incident.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
