{"id":267852,"date":"2026-05-12T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267852\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:24:09","slug":"crash-shuts-down-3-lanes-on-i-4-eastbound-at-princeton-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/267852\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash shuts down 3 lanes on I-4 eastbound at Princeton Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crash shuts down 3 lanes on I-4 eastbound at Princeton Street<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSETUP. BIG PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS. LET\u2019S GET RIGHT OVER TO MEAGHAN MACKEY. YOU SAW THAT TOWER CAMERA. WE HAVE THAT MAJOR CRASH ALONG I-4. THIS IS LOOKING IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. THIS CRASH JUST POPPED UP HERE EASTBOUND. THIS IS RIGHT BEFORE THE PRINCETON STREET EXIT. NOW ALL DRIVERS HERE ARE ABLE TO GET BY IN THAT FAR RIGHT LANE THIS MORNING. BUT WE KNOW THIS IS ALREADY A VERY BUSY STRETCH OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR RIGHT AFTER COLONIAL DRIVE. SO HEADING INTO DOWNTOWN ORLANDO, IF YOU DO TRAVEL EASTBOUND, I WOULD HOP IN THIS EXPRESS LANE CLOSER TO MICHIGAN STREET. THAT\u2019S BEFORE THE KIA CENTER. OTHERWISE, YOU\u2019RE GOING TO BE SITTING IN SOME TRAFFIC APPROACHING PRINCETON, BECAUSE EXPRESS IS REALLY THE ONLY DETOUR AROUND THAT CRASH. THIS IS GOING TO CREATE SOME BIG PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVERS HEADING UP TOWARDS MAITLAND AND ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, ALSO CONTINUING TO MONITOR A DEADLY CRASH FROM THOSE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THAT HAPPENED AT 1130 LAST NIGHT. SUMTER COUNTY HERE, I-75. THIS IS IN WILDWOOD AFTER THE TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE. SEVERAL 18 WHEELERS INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. YOU CAN SEE BIG CLEANUP STILL UNDERWAY THIS MORNING. SO DRIVERS HERE TRAVELING SOUTH ALONG I-75, FORCED TO EXIT HERE AT STATE ROAD 44, THAT IS THE DETOUR. SO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO IMPACT THOSE DRIVERS. HEADING OUT THE DOOR FROM OCALA SOUTH INTO SUMTER COUNTY. SO I WOULD ADD AN EXTRA 20 TO 30 MINUTES AT LEAST IF YOU ARE NEEDING TO GET TO THE TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE, LOOKING AT THOSE TRAVEL TIMES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THAT SHUTDOWN, JUST CONTINUING TO GROW HERE ALL MORNING, SOUTHBOUND ALONG I-75 FROM STATE ROAD 200 T\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Crash shuts down 3 lanes on I-4 eastbound at Princeton Street<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768911270_880_wesh.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WESH logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 7:17 AM EDT May 12, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA major crash temporarily closed several lanes on I-4 eastbound at Princeton Street.Orlando police responded to the crash just before 6:30 on Tuesday morning.Drivers traveling eastbound on I-4 from South Street through downtown Orlando were stuck in traffic.All of the lanes reopened just after 7 a.m.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A major crash has closed several lanes on I-4 eastbound at Princeton Street.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando police responded to the crash just before 6:30 on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers traveling eastbound on I-4 from South Street through downtown Orlando are stuck in traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are getting by the crash in the far right lane.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid the delays, drivers can use the I-4 eastbound express.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crash shuts down 3 lanes on I-4 eastbound at Princeton Street SETUP. BIG PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS. 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