Man taken into custody at gunpoint after crash on Turnpike in Miami-Dade – NBC 6 South Florida

A man was taken into custody at gunpoint after an apparent crash on the Florida’s Turnpike in Miami-Dade Friday afternoon.

Aerial footage from NBC6’s Chopper 6 showed Florida Highway Patrol troopers and Miami-Dade Police officers surrounding a damaged car in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike close to the Northwest 199th Street exit near Miami Gardens.

The man got out of the driver’s seat with his hands up and laid on the ground as officers with guns drawn moved in and took him into custody.

It’s unknown where or how the incident began.

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