{"id":260647,"date":"2026-05-06T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260647\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:08:07","slug":"major-crash-shuts-down-floridas-turnpike-northbound-in-palm-beach-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260647\/","title":{"rendered":"Major crash shuts down Florida’s Turnpike northbound in Palm Beach County"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 If you’re heading north on the Florida Turnpike<\/a> on Wednesday morning, you’ll want to rethink your route.<\/p>\n

A major crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike North in Palm Beach County <\/a>brought traffic to a complete standstill. The incident is reported just before mile marker 101, in the stretch between the Jog Road <\/a>and Beeline Highway<\/a> exits. As of the latest update at 9:28 a.m., all northbound lanes are closed.<\/p>\n

A photo taken at the scene shows what appears to be a box truck crowding all northbound lanes.<\/p>\n

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If you’re heading north on the Florida Turnpike on Wednesday morning, you’ll want to rethink your route. A major crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike North in Palm Beach County brought traffic to a complete standstill. The incident is reported just before mile marker 101, in the stretch between the Jog Road and Beeline Highway exits. As of the latest update at 9:28 a.m., all lanes are closed. (FDOT)<\/p>\n

Traffic cameras show the scene: northbound vehicles fully stopped. The crash was first reported around 9:11 a.m., and Florida 511 is labeling it a major incident.<\/p>\n

See also: Hurricane preparedness week: Get moving when a storm threatens<\/a><\/p>\n

Commuters are strongly urged to take alternate routes and avoid the area entirely if possible. With no indication yet of when lanes will reopen, delays are expected.<\/p>\n

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Stay with us for updates as crews work to clear the scene and more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 If you’re heading north on the Florida Turnpike on Wednesday morning, you’ll…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-260647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260647","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=260647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}