MDSO Deputy Returns Home After Turnpike Collision

Deputy Leonard Cantave of the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office has been discharged from Memorial Regional Hospital South after a severe accident on the Florida Turnpike.

On Monday morning, Cantave was escorted home to Hollywood, greeted by applause from fellow officers and medical staff.

In December, while assisting at a crash scene on the Turnpike, Cantave was struck by a vehicle. Investigators reported that the driver failed to slow down and collided with the deputy while attempting to swerve around.

Now at home, Cantave will focus on his recovery.

"We are so grateful to the community for their support, for their kind words. I cannot tell you the outpouring of love, we have really felt it, and I know he has felt it, his family has felt it," said MDSO Sheriff Rosie Cordero Stutz.

The driver involved was promptly arrested and charged with reckless driving causing serious injury.