2 dead after carjacker crashes in truck in Florida City

• December
• 8

4:35 am Trucks, accident

An armed carjacker and his victim are dead after the suspect took the woman and her car and crashed into a truck in Florida City.

Authorities say a couple was pumping gas shortly before dawn Friday when the carjacker jumped in the car with the female passenger still inside. Neither were identified.

Authorities chased the car, but the suspect lost control near a construction site and crashed into a semitrailer. Both vehicles burst into flames.

The stolen car was burned beyond recognition. The truck driver was taken to the hospital.

The accident closed the Overseas Highway into the Florida Keys.