{"id":205920,"date":"2026-03-25T20:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/205920\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T20:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:13:08","slug":"mass-woman-killed-in-6-vehicle-crash-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/205920\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass. woman killed in 6-vehicle crash in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tA chain-reaction crash involving a semi-truck on I-75 left one dead and multiple others seriously injured, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>A 69-year-old Massachusetts woman was killed in a six-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/florida\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a> on Monday, according to authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred just before noon along I-75 westbound in Ochopee, according to a Florida Highway Patrol incident report.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers said a semi-truck driven by a 33-year-old man was traveling westbound when traffic ahead began to slow. Several vehicles were already reducing speed, and two others had come to a stop on the highway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the truck driver was unable to slow down in time and crashed into the rear of an SUV driven by a 71-year-old man from Wilmington, Massachusetts, triggering a chain-reaction collision involving six vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 69-year-old woman from Wilmington, who was riding in the front passenger seat of the SUV, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the SUV suffered serious injuries and was taken to an area hospital. A third driver, a 57-year-old Florida resident, was also seriously injured and transported for treatment, according to the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Highway Patrol has not released the names of those involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the Today newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Get everything you need to know to start your day, delivered right to your inbox every morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local News A chain-reaction crash involving a semi-truck on I-75 left one dead and multiple others seriously injured,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-205920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205920","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=205920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}