SOUTH MARTIN COUNTY – All northbound lanes of I-95 were re-opened at about 12:30 p.m., Sept. 28, following a fatal crash near the 91 mile-marker and Palm Beach/Martin County line, according to a Martin County Fire-Rescue Facebook posting.
Martin County Fire Rescue; Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue; Martin County Sheriff’s Office; and Florida Highway Patrol responded to an accident that happened at about 3:40 a.m., on Sept. 28.
Upon arrival, firefighters found a sedan lodged underneath the back end of a tractor-trailer, both of which were engulfed in flames, according to the Facebook posting.
Crews brought the fire under control and tried to remove the sedan’s driver, who already succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
His identity has not been released, pending notification of next of kin.
Crews then worked worked for several hours to clear the wreckage.