Travelers walk to Orlando airport after deadly crash causes major delays

Travelers heading to the Orlando International Airport on Saturday were locked in miles-long traffic for hours as police investigated a deadly SUV crash near the airport. Some passengers decided to get out of their vehicles with their luggage and walk to the airport in an effort to not miss their flights, photos and videos on social media showed.

Shana Doreen, who was stuck in the traffic mess, shared video with FOX 35 that s showed hundreds of cars stuck in the miles-long backups leading up to the airport's main terminals. 

"Thankfully nobody has to go to work right now. A bunch of missed flights," she said.

More than 100 flights were delayed Saturday morning as a result of the crash, a spokesperson for the airport said.

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Orlando police said the crash was reported around 2:30 a.m. after an SUV – for unknown reasons – drove off the roadway, near Jeff Fuqua Blvd. and Semoran Blvd., through a fence and collided with a concrete wall, before rolling over.

Police said there were four people in the SUV. The driver and passenger had minor injuries. However, the two people in the back were taken to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

The two people who died were identified Saturday afternoon as Erica Pacheco, 34, and David Morales, 56.

Several lanes were closed through the early morning hours as police conducted their investigation. The roadways opened around 8:30 a.m., Orlando police said.

"We were initially on Frontier at six, this morning. That plane has since gone. We weren't even in the airport, yet, when that left," said Brian Nelsen, who was headed to the airport for a flight to Boston.

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Andy Page was trying to get on a flight to Nashville when he got stuck in the traffic mess. 

"Noticed a big fence area knocked down next to a bridge and crime scene units and fire engines, didn't know what's going on, didn't see any vehicles, just crime scene vehicles. Just a terrible backup, all the way down the interstate."