PLANTATION, Fla. – One person is dead after jumping from an overpass onto Florida's Turnpike in Plantation, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

FHP Sgt. Mark Wysocky said the person jumped off the Sunrise Boulevard overpass, landing on the highway below.

A body covered by a yellow tarp was seen surrounded by orange traffic cones in the middle of the highway.

Southbound traffic was being diverted onto Sunrise Boulevard while authorities investigate.

Traffic was backed up all the way to Commercial Boulevard.