{"id":194272,"date":"2026-03-17T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/194272\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T01:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:00:07","slug":"driver-struck-in-the-head-by-massive-oak-branch-in-wind-fueled-martin-highway-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/194272\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver struck in the head by massive oak branch in wind-fueled Martin Highway incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 High winds turned a picturesque drive into a nightmare on Martin Highway when a falling tree pierced a truck&#8217;s windshield, injuring the driver.<\/p>\n<p>According to deputies with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcsofl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a>, a Toyota Tacoma traveling westbound on Martin Highway near Salah Drive was facing heavy head-on winds when a gust caused a large rotted oak tree to fall directly onto the car.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/riviera-beach-police-swarm-azure-estates-stretch-of-mlk-blvd-shut-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Riviera Beach police swarm Azure Estates; stretch of MLK Blvd. shut down<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The impact sent large limbs through the windshield, striking the driver in the head, according to MCSO.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was subsequently transported to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center with minor injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 High winds turned a picturesque drive into a nightmare on Martin Highway when&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-194272","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\/194272","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=194272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}