{"id":105531,"date":"2026-01-04T21:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/105531\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:31:11","slug":"florida-crash-claims-life-of-20-year-old-driver-injures-passenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/105531\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida crash claims life of 20-year-old driver, injures passenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a crash on Saturday night. The sheriff\u2019s office said the single-vehicle crash occurred on Sea Branch Boulevard near U.S. 1.The sheriff\u2019s office said a 20-year-old driver was killed after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into a tree. The vehicle then caught fire. The driver was taken to a hospital and died Sunday morning from injuries sustained in the crash.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsA 20-year-old passenger was able to escape the fully engulfed vehicle thanks to the efforts of a Good Samaritan.The victim was flown to HCA Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce where she remains in the intensive care unit (ICU).This is the second crash in recent days that took the lives of young people. A crash Friday night in Hobe Sound killed a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl.A 13-year-old passenger was taken to St. Mary\u2019s Medical Center in West Palm Beach with serious injuries.Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\u201cThis marks a somber start to the new year on our roadways. 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,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in a statement Sunday.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a crash on Saturday night. The sheriff\u2019s office said the single-vehicle crash occurred on Sea Branch Boulevard near U.S. 1.<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office said a 20-year-old driver was killed after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into a tree. The vehicle then caught fire. The driver was taken to a hospital and died Sunday morning from injuries sustained in the crash.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA single-vehicle crash in Martin County resulted in the death of a 20-year-old driver and left a passenger in critical condition, marking the second fatal crash involving teenagers in recent days.<\/p>\n

Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n

A 20-year-old passenger was able to escape the fully engulfed vehicle thanks to the efforts of a Good Samaritan.<\/p>\n

The victim was flown to HCA Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce where she remains in the intensive care unit (ICU).<\/p>\n

This is the second crash in recent days that took the lives of young people. A crash Friday night in Hobe Sound killed a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

A 13-year-old passenger was taken to St. Mary\u2019s Medical Center in West Palm Beach with serious injuries.<\/p>\n

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis marks a somber start to the new year on our roadways. 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,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in a statement Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a crash on Saturday night. The sheriff\u2019s office said the single-vehicle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[54473,54476,28,26712,30,29,54472,1793,1210,675,54474,54471,54475,677,660,15015,2631,4494,732,189],"class_list":["post-105531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-20-year-old-driver","tag-crash-friday-night","tag-florida","tag-florida-crash","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-injures-passenger","tag-injury","tag-life","tag-local-coverage","tag-martin-county-crash","tag-martin-county-crash-claims-life-of-20-year-old-driver","tag-medical-center","tag-neighborhood","tag-office","tag-passenger","tag-sheriff","tag-u-s","tag-vehicle","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105531","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=105531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}