{"id":256631,"date":"2026-05-03T14:09:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/256631\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T14:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:09:43","slug":"st-pete-man-dead-after-losing-control-of-vehicle-on-wet-road-sppd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/256631\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete man dead after losing control of vehicle on wet road: SPPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 An 18-year-old St. Petersburg man died early Sunday after losing control of his vehicle on a wet roadway, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD).<\/p>\n<p>Police said the crash happened around 12:30 a.m. near the intersection of 68th Avenue North and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release, Angel Burke was driving a Dodge Charger southbound on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North when he attempted to pass another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Burke lost control, causing the vehicle to slide sideways and the driver\u2019s side doors to strike a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene, SPPD said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JADA.WILLIAMS.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Petition calls for safety overhaul at Avalon Heights after 2 students killed<\/p>\n<p>A University of South Florida student has launched a petition calling for safety reforms at Avalon Heights apartments in Tampa following the deaths of two USF doctoral students, Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy.<\/p>\n<p>Petition calls for safety overhaul at Avalon Heights after 2 USF doctoral students were killed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 An 18-year-old St. Petersburg man died early Sunday after losing control of his vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[111485,1776,111486,596,107032,202,204,203,199,201,200,5910,3670,208],"class_list":["post-256631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-angel-burke","tag-crash","tag-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-street-north","tag-pinellas-county","tag-pinellas-news","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256631","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=256631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}