{"id":105404,"date":"2026-01-04T18:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/105404\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:36:08","slug":"fiery-stuart-crash-kills-20-year-old-driver-passenger-saved-by-good-samaritan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/105404\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiery Stuart crash kills 20-year-old driver, passenger saved by good Samaritan"},"content":{"rendered":"

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A fiery single-car crash killed a 20-year-old man Saturday night, with a 20-year-old woman narrowly escaping the flames thanks to a good Samaritan.<\/p>\n

According to deputies with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, the driver, who has not been identified, was killed after losing control of his car while speeding and crashing into a tree on Sea Branch Boulevard near U.S. 1.<\/p>\n

The driver was taken to the hospital, but deputies say he succumbed to his injuries Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

See also: Deadly Hobe Sound crash kills two teens, seriously injures 12-year-old<\/a><\/p>\n

As for the passenger, she was able to escape the fully engulfed vehicle thanks to a brave passerby. She was subsequently flown to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, where she continues to recover in the ICU.<\/p>\n

The deadly crash marks the third death of a young person in Martin County in two days, following Friday’s violent crash in Hobe Sound<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“This marks a somber start to the new year on our roadways,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a post to Facebook. “The Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office urges all drivers\u2014especially younger drivers\u2014to slow down and remain attentive at all times, particularly during nighttime hours.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A fiery single-car crash killed a 20-year-old man Saturday night, with a 20-year-old woman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-105404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}