{"id":241957,"date":"2026-04-22T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/241957\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:45:08","slug":"car-slams-into-gas-pump-at-stuart-convenience-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/241957\/","title":{"rendered":"Car slams into gas pump at Stuart convenience store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUART, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A car struck a gas pump at a Mobile Mart early Wednesday after the driver lost control due to a mechanical problem, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Stuart%20Police%20Department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Stuart Police Department <\/a>said its officers were called to the convenience store at the corner of U.S. 1 and Colorado Avenue at about 12:30 a.m. after a single-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said an Infiniti sedan had just turned left from Kanner Highway onto northbound U.S. 1 when a mechanical issue caused the driver to lose control. The car drove into the gas station parking lot and collided with a pump.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/florida\/renaissance-hotel-fort-lauderdale-sues-southwest-airlines-flight-attendant-caused-florida-hotel-flooding-set-off-sprinkler-system-nearly-217k-in-damage-federal-suit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lawsuit: Southwest flight attendant caused Florida hotel flooding, nearly $217K in damage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stuart Police officers and Stuart Fire Rescue secured the scene and ensured there was no danger to the public. Authorities said the driver was not injured.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A car crashed into a gas pump at a Stuart gas station early Wednesday morning after a mechanical issue caused the driver to lose control, though no one was injured. (Stuart Police Department)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6b546f36-8f6c-4f0a-8e9a-fbe0ad86114e-675418313_1377005964465129_6864651354964885815_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A car crashed into a gas pump at a Stuart gas station early Wednesday morning after a mechanical issue caused the driver to lose control, though no one was injured. (Stuart Police Department)<\/p>\n<p>Because the crash was determined to be mechanical in nature, no citations were issued, and police said there were no signs the driver was impaired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A car struck a gas pump at a Mobile Mart early Wednesday after the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-241957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241957","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=241957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}