Eight people, including children, were hospitalized and a woman died Tuesday afternoon after multiple cars crashed on Florida’s Turnpike near Griffin Road in Davie, authorities said.

A grandmother celebrating her 94th birthday was killed and eight other people were injured when a van carrying nine people crashed into a fuel tanker truck on the Florida's Turnpike in Broward Tuesday afternoon,

A major crash on the Florida Turnpike in Davie has left one person dead and eight others injured, including three children, officials said. Traffic is mounting Tuesday afternon as authorities shut down the Turnpike to investigate.