{"id":319445,"date":"2026-06-25T15:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319445\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:07:09","slug":"bicyclist-killed-by-hit-and-run-driver-on-fort-lauderdales-se-17th-st-bridge-police-say-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319445\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicyclist killed by hit-and-run driver on Fort Lauderdale\u2019s SE 17th St. bridge, police say &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Police are searching for the driver who, they said, was involved in a hit-and-run on the Southeast 17th Street bridge in Fort Lauderdale that left a bicyclist dead and led to the hours-long closure of all eastbound lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Lauderdale Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash along the 2000 block of Southeast 17th Street, just after 6:40 a.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Invesitgators said the woman involved was riding her bicycle eastbound when she was struck by a dark colored vehicle. The driver then fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics transported the bicyclist as a trauma alert to Broward Health Medical Center, where she succumbed to her injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Back at the scene, officers shut down the eastbound portion of the bridge while they conducted their investigation. The roadway has since reopened to traffic.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any information on this hit-and-run or the driver\u2019s whereabouts, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Police are searching for the driver who, they said, was involved in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-319445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319445","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=319445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}