{"id":264701,"date":"2026-05-09T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264701\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:00:08","slug":"traffic-alert-lane-closures-on-i-4-wb-at-memorial-boulevard-in-lakeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264701\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Alert: Lane closures on I-4 WB at Memorial Boulevard in Lakeland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Florida Highway Patrol, as of 6:30 am, it is being called a major crash. There is no word on injuries.<\/p>\n<p>LAKELAND, Fla. \u2014 Update: 6:40 am: One lane is now getting by on I-4 westbound.<\/p>\n<p>Heads up, drivers heading into Hillsborough County from Central Florida: I-4 westbound is closed at Exit 28, the West Memorial Boulevard exit in Lakeland.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Florida Highway Patrol, as of 6:30 am, it is being called a major crash. There is no word on injuries.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f5804e31-4260-41c4-bfd1-183303e42a40_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the Florida Highway Patrol, as of 6:30 am, it is being called a major crash. There&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-264701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264701","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=264701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}