{"id":336417,"date":"2026-07-11T00:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/336417\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T00:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:40:08","slug":"tallahassee-police-investigate-fatal-crash-that-killed-two-on-barclay-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/336417\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee police investigate fatal crash that killed two on Barclay Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; A large tree toppled onto a vehicle during severe weather in Tallahassee on Tuesday evening, killing both people inside, according to the Tallahassee Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the fatal crash happened around 5:17 p.m. in the area of Barclay Lane and Godfrey Place. Tallahassee Fire Department crews responded within minutes of the initial call, and life-saving measures were attempted, but both occupants were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary findings from TPD\u2019s traffic investigation indicate the vehicle was traveling south on Barclay Lane near Godfrey Place when a large tree fell across the roadway due to the severe weather and landed directly on the front seat area of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Leon County EMS and Fielder Tree Service assisted Tallahassee police and fire crews at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists were urged to avoid the area while the investigation remains open and active. Police said updates will be provided as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; A large tree toppled onto a vehicle during severe weather in Tallahassee on Tuesday evening,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-336417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336417","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=336417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}