{"id":273746,"date":"2026-05-16T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273746\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T21:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:04:07","slug":"unoccupied-suv-plunges-into-port-st-lucie-canal-during-jet-ski-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273746\/","title":{"rendered":"Unoccupied SUV plunges into Port St. Lucie canal during jet ski launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A jet ski launch went wrong Friday when a man&#8217;s unoccupied SUV plunged into a canal in Port St. Lucie.<\/p>\n<p>Officers with the Port St. Lucie Police say the owner was attempting to unload a jet ski at the C24 boat ramps when the vehicle suddenly slipped into the water, leaving the car partially submerged in the canal.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, police say no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/florida-man-arrested-after-deputies-find-him-passed-out-at-pump-with-child-gun-in-car-hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office-hcso-dui-arrest-gas-station-incident-shell-station-branch-forbes-road-impaired-driving-child-endangerment-child-in-vehicle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida man arrested after deputies find him passed out at pump with child, guns in car<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos from the scene show the vehicle underwater as crews worked to pull it from the canal.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities credited Kauff&#8217;s Towing and Officer Boyd with the marine unit for quickly responding and safely removing the vehicle from the water.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The incident serves as a reminder for boaters to use extra caution when launching or retrieving watercraft, especially on slippery ramps. \u201cStay safe PSL,\u201d officials said in a social media post following the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A jet ski launch went wrong Friday when a man&#8217;s unoccupied SUV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-273746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273746","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=273746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}