Overview
- Deputies began assisting Coconut Creek police on a stolen-vehicle case just after 4 p.m. Thursday near Sample Road and the Turnpike, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
- The suspect, identified only as a female, allegedly hit a marked BSO vehicle and a Coconut Creek police vehicle, prompting a pursuit for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer.
- The chase moved south on the Turnpike, where Florida Highway Patrol reported a collision near Sunrise Boulevard that killed an uninvolved driver.
- All southbound lanes were shut for hours for investigation and have since reopened, authorities said.
- A BSO deputy and a Coconut Creek officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries, the suspect was hospitalized, and her identity and potential charges remain under review; it is the second such death of an uninvolved motorist in Broward in less than two weeks.