{"id":318067,"date":"2026-06-24T13:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/318067\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:18:12","slug":"crews-tackle-floridas-turnpike-wreck-north-of-okeechobee-blvd-as-delays-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/318067\/","title":{"rendered":"Crews tackle Florida&#8217;s Turnpike wreck north of Okeechobee Blvd as delays grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12)      \u2014 A crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike northbound just after the<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Okeechobee%20Boulevard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Okeechobee Boulevard<\/a> exit is slowing traffic Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to Florida 511, the right shoulder is blocked between mile markers 100 and 103. The incident was reported around 6:49 a.m. and was still active as of 7:30 a.m., with officials calling it an intermediate-level disruption.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/downtown-destination-boynton-beach-officials-have-major-plans-to-build-on-current-growth-south-florida-palm-beach-county-news-live-work-play-environment-local-shops-restaurants-retail-space-developers-community-federal-highway-citywide-tax-increase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Downtown destination? Boynton Beach officials have major plans to build on current growth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Traffic is still moving through the area, but drivers should expect delays as crews work to clear the scene. It\u2019s not yet clear if anyone was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Photos show traffic at a slow crawl as the scene is being assessed. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"According to Florida 511, the right shoulder is blocked between mile markers 100 and 103. The incident was reported around 6:49 a.m. and was still active as of 7:30 a.m., with officials calling it an intermediate-level disruption. (FDOT)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/775a73b0-fe2f-4e70-8deb-c872d08da1e6-videoframe_37003.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to Florida 511, the right shoulder is blocked between mile markers 100 and 103. The incident was reported around 6:49 a.m. and was still active as of 7:30 a.m., with officials calling it an intermediate-level disruption. (FDOT)<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re heading north through West Palm Beach, expect a slower commute and use caution near the crash site and consider exiting off Jog Road at exit 98.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike northbound just after the Okeechobee Boulevard exit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-318067","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\/318067","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=318067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}