{"id":323311,"date":"2026-06-29T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323311\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:57:08","slug":"400-pound-black-bear-struck-killed-on-martin-highway-driver-unharmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323311\/","title":{"rendered":"400-pound black bear struck, killed on Martin Highway, driver unharmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 400-pound black bear was struck and killed by a vehicle on SW Martin Highway and SW Warfield Blvd. in Okeechobee on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=Martin%20County%20Sheriff%27s%20Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> say they responded to the scene, where they met the motorist who stayed with the bear and called law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The motorist was reportedly startled but uninjured.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">I-TEAM: They checked their AT&amp;T bills. What they found led to thousands in refunds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a reminder that black bears and other wildlife are frequently seen along this stretch of roadway and throughout other rural areas of Martin County,&#8221; MCSO said in a post to Facebook. &#8220;Please stay alert, especially during the early morning and evening hours, and be prepared for animals that may suddenly enter the roadway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=The+Florida+Fish+and+Wildlife+Conservation+Commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission<\/a> has removed the bear, and traffic is flowing normally through the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 400-pound black bear was struck and killed by a vehicle on SW Martin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-323311","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\/323311","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=323311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}