{"id":290405,"date":"2026-05-30T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/290405\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T21:05:09","slug":"head-on-collision-near-north-causeway-bridge-snarls-traffic-in-fort-pierce-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/290405\/","title":{"rendered":"Head on collision near north causeway bridge snarls traffic in Fort Pierce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A head-on crash involving a work van and a pickup truck is causing heavy traffic and road closures in Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/fl511.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FL511<\/a>, the crash occurred near the intersection of northbound U.S. 1 and the North Causeway Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic reports show the northbound lanes of the bridge are closed, leading to significant delays in the area.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/boynton-beach-man-sentenced-to-over-20-years-for-deadly-dui-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Boynton Beach man sentenced to over 20 years for deadly DUI crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos from the scene show <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=St.+Lucie+County+Fire+District\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">St. Lucie County Fire District<\/a> crews using chainsaws to extricate the driver of the van from the heavily damaged vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The extent of the motorists&#8217; injuries and the identities of those involved have not been released.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A head-on crash involving a work van and a pickup truck is causing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-290405","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\/290405","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=290405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}