9 Dead, 1 Hospitalized After SUV Crashes into Florida Canal [Video]

Nine people have died and one person was severely injured after an SUV crashed into a canal in south Florida, authorities said.

First responders arrived at the accident, which happened in a rural part of Palm Beach County at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time on Monday, Aug. 5, to find a Ford Explorer partially submerged and upside down in the canal, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a press release.

Four of the SUV’s occupants were pronounced dead at the scene and six were transported to a local hospital, where five people later died. A 26-year-old male survived the crash, authorities confirmed in the press release.

Per the Associated Press, The driver failed to negotiate a curve in the road and the car hit a guardrail before flipping into the canal.

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