{"id":346247,"date":"2026-07-20T17:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/346247\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:36:08","slug":"trapped-in-overturned-vehicle-driver-rescued-from-ditch-in-st-lucie-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/346247\/","title":{"rendered":"Trapped in overturned vehicle, driver rescued from ditch in St. Lucie County"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A driver was rescued and taken to a local hospital after becoming trapped inside an overturned vehicle near a St. Lucie County<\/a> intersection on Monday. <\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Fire District <\/a>said its crews responded to a single-vehicle rollover near the intersection of Glades Cut Off Road and Selvitz Road on July 20. When firefighter-paramedics arrived, they found the vehicle resting in a ditch with one occupant trapped inside.<\/p>\n

Rescuers worked to safely extricate the individual from the wreckage. According to the fire district, crews used a Stokes basket, a specialized rescue stretcher designed to safely transport patients across difficult terrain, to remove the occupant from the ditch after the extrication.<\/p>\n

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The St. Lucie County Fire District said its crews responded to a single-vehicle rollover near the intersection of Glades Cut Off Road and Selvitz Road on July 20. When firefighter-paramedics arrived, they found the vehicle resting in a ditch with one occupant trapped inside. (SLCFD)<\/p>\n

The occupant was then transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. Officials have not released the extent of the person’s injuries.<\/p>\n

See also: Recovery operation on Kissimmee River ends search for missing woman; no ID released<\/a><\/p>\n

Authorities did not provide details on what led to the crash. The St. Lucie County Fire District thanked responding agencies for their teamwork and coordinated efforts during the rescue operation.<\/p>\n

No additional information was immediately available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A driver was rescued and taken to a local hospital after becoming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-346247","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\/346247","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=346247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}