Traffic Tie Ups Amid Death Investigation On Turnpike

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FLORIDA CITY (CBSMiami) -- Miami-Dade Police are investigating the death of a person near Florida's Turnpike and US1.

The circumstances of the person's death are unclear at this point.

Chopper4 was over the scene Friday just after 7 a.m.

A body could be seen covered with a tarp. There was a car nearby but it is unknown how it was related to the incident.

Traffic going North and South were on US1 was shutdown causing some traffic tie ups.