Ten taken to hospital, including five children, in Sawgrass Expressway collision in northern Broward

Ten people, including five children, were hurt in a crash Sunday afternoon on the Sawgrass Expressway in Broward County, fire officials say.

Around 1 p.m., first responders rushed to the north and eastbound lanes of the highway near University Drive where a multi-vehicle crash took place, Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department spokesman Mike Moser told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

There they found 10 people injured, of which five pediatric patients were taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale and five adults to Broward Health Coral Springs. He said the 10 had “a varying level of injuries.”