{"id":130035,"date":"2026-01-24T04:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/130035\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T04:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:31:06","slug":"fiery-crash-on-florida-turnpike-causes-traffic-chaos-all-lanes-closed-in-martin-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/130035\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiery crash on Florida Turnpike causes traffic chaos, all lanes closed in Martin County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUART, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A disabled semi tractor-trailer was struck by a tow truck on the Florida Turnpike in Martin County Friday night, triggering a fiery crash and a significant traffic backup.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, everyone involved in the crash made it out with minor injuries. <\/p>\n<p> Florida 511, the crash is before mile marker 130 and backed up to mile marker 131. All lanes are closed at this time. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/k9-knox-tracks-down-20-year-old-suspect-in-stolen-vehicle-deputy-body-camera-polk-county-indian-river-county-sheriffs-office-florida-news-january-23-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">K9 Knox stops man accused of stealing car, crossing state lines in Indian River County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos taken at the scene show traffic completely backed up. <\/p>\n<p>MCSO says southbound lanes on the Florida Turnpike will be shut down for a couple hours. Driver should seek alternative routes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A disabled semi tractor-trailer was struck by a tow truck on the Florida Turnpike&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-130035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130035","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=130035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}