{"id":323768,"date":"2026-06-29T20:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323768\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:44:10","slug":"2-killed-in-martin-countys-fifth-fatal-traffic-crash-in-4-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323768\/","title":{"rendered":"2 killed in Martin County’s fifth fatal traffic crash in 4 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A deadly crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike<\/a> in Palm City <\/a>shut down all northbound lanes Monday afternoon, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.<\/a><\/p>\n

The crash happened just after 3 p.m. near the 132-mile marker, just before Exit 133 for Martin Downs Boulevard, according to Florida 511<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Two people were killed, and Martin County Fire Rescue said its firefighter-paramedics transported one person with traumatic injuries by ground to the hospital. Florida Highway Patrol<\/a> is also on the scene. <\/p>\n

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A deadly crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike in Palm City shut down all northbound lanes Monday afternoon, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. (FDOT)<\/p>\n

Officials have not yet released details about what led up to the crash or the identities of those involved.<\/p>\n

The closure is causing major delays for drivers. Traffic is backed up to about mile marker 129 as investigators work the scene and crews clear the roadway.<\/p>\n

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The closure is causing major delays for drivers. Traffic is backed up to about mile marker 129 as investigators work the scene and crews clear the roadway. (FDOT)<\/p>\n

The crash is the latest in what has been an especially deadly stretch on Martin County<\/a> roads. According to the sheriff’s office, it marks the fifth fatal traffic crash investigated in the county over the last four days.<\/p>\n

One of those crashes happened Saturday morning<\/a> on SW Allapattah Road, where a head-on collision killed a 31-year-old Stuart <\/a>man and a 63-year-old Indiantown <\/a>man. Florida Highway Patrol said the two vehicles collided head-on, killing both drivers. Neither vehicle had passengers. <\/p>\n

See also: Airboat, K-9 units deployed in swamp search west of Beeline Highway in West Palm Beach<\/a><\/p>\n

With two people killed in Monday’s Turnpike crash, Martin County has now recorded five traffic fatalities in just four days.<\/p>\n

Drivers heading north on the Turnpike should avoid the area and find alternate routes until the roadway reopens.<\/p>\n

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The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash, and additional information is expected to be released as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A deadly crash on Florida\u2019s Turnpike in Palm City shut down all northbound…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-323768","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\/323768","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=323768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}