{"id":348668,"date":"2026-07-22T15:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/348668\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:23:15","slug":"delays-spread-into-martin-co-as-palm-beach-co-turnpike-crash-snarls-southbound-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/348668\/","title":{"rendered":"Delays spread into Martin Co. as Palm Beach Co. Turnpike crash snarls southbound traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A major multi-vehicle crash on Florida&#8217;s Turnpike in <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Palm%20Beach%20County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Palm Beach County<\/a> is causing significant delays Tuesday morning, with backups stretching into <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Martin%20County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Florida%20511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida 511<\/a>, the crash is affecting the southbound lanes of the turnpike from before mile marker 125 at Bridge Road to before mile marker 117 at Indiantown Road. The right lane is blocked as emergency crews respond to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was first reported at 9:40 a.m. and remained active as of the latest Florida 511 update at 10:33 a.m. Traffic officials classified the crash as a major incident.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/i-95-i-95-fire-hobe-sound-martin-county-martin-county-fire-rescue-18-wheeler-semi-truck-fire-tractor-trailer-fire-vehicle-fire-truck-fire-interstate-closure-southbound-lanes-traffic-alert-traffic-delays-lane-closures-florida-511-alternate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Flames engulf semi temporarily shutting down SB I-95, 2 lanes now open<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Traffic delays have extended into Martin County, with congestion backing up near the Bridge Road exit at mile marker 125.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"According to Florida 511, the crash is affecting the southbound lanes of the turnpike from before mile marker 125 to before mile marker 117. The right lane is blocked as emergency crews respond to the scene. (FDOT)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/352\/800\/0x21\/80\/24908284-f8fd-4787-bed6-9174042a6b80-2917.jfif\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to Florida 511, the crash is affecting the southbound lanes of the turnpike from before mile marker 125 to before mile marker 117. The right lane is blocked as emergency crews respond to the scene. (FDOT)<\/p>\n<p>Drivers traveling through the area should expect significant delays and consider alternate routes. Information about injuries or the number of vehicles involved was not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>Florida 511 has not announced when all lanes are expected to reopen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A major multi-vehicle crash on Florida&#8217;s Turnpike in Palm Beach County is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-348668","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\/348668","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=348668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}