Florida deputy hospitalized after crashing into a palm tree

John McCarthy November 5, 2025No Comments

MIAMI — An on-duty Miami Dade Sheriff’s deputy was hospitalized early this morning after crashing his marked car into palm tree, authorities say.

At around 3:25 a.m. MDSO deputies responded to a crash involving one of their vehicles in the area of Northwest 21st Avenue and 74th Street.

The deputy was going north on 22nd Avenue and struck a palm tree, causing the car to roll over.

The deputy was able to get out of the car with “lacerations to the upper extremities,” said Luis Sierra, a spokesman for MDSO. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue took the deputy to the hospital in stable condition.

Authorities have not identified the deputy.

By MILENA MALAVER/Miami Herald

Last updated on November 5, 2025

John McCarthy

John McCarthy is primarily known for his investigative reporting on the U.S. Virgin Islands. A series of reports beginning in the 1990's revealed that there was everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling. Another report, following Hurricane Hugo in 1989, cited a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confidential overview that said that over 40 percent of the U.S. Virgin Islands public lives below the poverty line. The Virgin Islands Free Press is the only Caribbean news source to regularly incorporate the findings of U.S. Freedom of Information Act requests. John's articles have appeared in the BVI Beacon, St. Croix Avis, San Juan Star and Virgin Islands Daily News. He is the former news director of WSVI-TV Channel 8 on St. Croix.

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