{"id":221217,"date":"2026-04-06T23:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/221217\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:09:11","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-in-floridas-turnpike-crash-fhp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/221217\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed in Florida\u2019s turnpike crash, FHP says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775516950_833_Ambulance_final (1).jpg\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"A man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike near Cutler Bay Monday morning, April 6, 2026, the Florida Highway Patrol said. \" alt=\"A man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike near Cutler Bay Monday morning, April 6, 2026, the Florida Highway Patrol said. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike near Cutler Bay Monday morning, April 6, 2026, the Florida Highway Patrol said. <\/p>\n<p>            Getty Images | Royalty Free<\/p>\n<p>A man died after crashing his motorcycle on Florida\u2019s Turnpike near Cutler Bay Monday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>The man, who has not been named, was driving his Suzuki motorcycle north on the turnpike around mile marker 12 shortly before 4:30 a.m. when he ran into the back of a Nissan sedan, the FHP said.<\/p>\n<p>He fell off the motorcycle and died from his injuries, said Lt. Alejandro Camacho, an FHP spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>The northbound lanes were closed, but have since reopened, Camacho said. It was not immediately known if the driver of the Nissan was injured.<\/p>\n<p>This story will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644250\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/profile.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of David Goodhue\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644250\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Goodhue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike near Cutler Bay Monday morning, April 6,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-221217","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\/221217","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=221217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}