Miami-Dade Sheriff Identifies Five Victims Killed in Amazon Cargo Plane Crash Near MIA

Five people died and three remain hospitalized following a cargo plane collision that also caused widespread road closures and dozens of flight delays and cancellations at Miami International Airport.

• •Five people inside a cleaning crew van were killed when an Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767-300 overran a Miami International Airport runway on Sunday afternoon.
• •The victims were employees of Professional Ocean Service Corporation, a contract cleaning company.
• •The plane struck a white Ford Econoline van and a Toyota Corolla Cross on Northwest 67th Avenue and burst into flames.
• •Preliminary data indicates the plane traveled roughly 128 miles per hour when leaving the runway and stopped 1,300 feet past the paved surface.
• •Five surviving victims were transported to area hospitals, including the pilot and co-pilot.
• •The pilot was identified as 55-year-old Joseph Carrol and the co-pilot as 37-year-old Jaime Molina; both were treated and released.
• •Three victims remain hospitalized, with two in critical condition and one in stable condition.
• •Northwest 67th Avenue was shut down from 25th to 32nd streets due to the crash.
• •Two of MIA's four runways remain closed, resulting in 65 delays and 47 cancellations as of Tuesday afternoon.
• •Flight data and cockpit voice recorders were recovered for the NTSB investigation.
• •Authorities established a Missing Family Hotline at 305-471-2400.
• •NTSB investigators expect to spend a week combing through the wreckage.