{"id":359349,"date":"2026-07-31T21:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359349\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T21:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:47:10","slug":"man-86-dies-in-two-car-crash-in-port-st-lucie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359349\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 86, dies in two-car crash in Port St. Lucie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man, 86, dies in two-car crash in Port St. Lucie<\/p>\n

He failed to yield the right-of-way at an intersection, investigation determines<\/p>\n

\"AllenPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

The Port St. Lucie Police Department is investigating after an 86-year-old man died in a two-vehicle crash. <\/p>\n

Officers responded at approximately 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Southwest Savona Boulevard and Southwest Lawndale Avenue, east of Interstate 95. <\/p>\n

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The preliminary investigation indicates that a 2026 Honda HR-V, driven by a 17-year-old boy, was traveling northbound on Southwest Savona Boulevard approaching the intersection with SW Lawndale Avenue. <\/p>\n

A 2006 Hyundai Elantra, driven by 86-year-old Marie R. Martin, was traveling westbound near the stop sign on Southwest Lawndale Avenue. <\/p>\n

Investigators determined that Martin entered the intersection and failed to yield the right-of-way to the northbound Honda, resulting in the Honda striking the driver’s side of the Hyundai. This caused the Honda to T-bone the Hyundai. <\/p>\n

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Drone video of crash in Port St. Lucie<\/p>\n

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Martin was extricated by St. Lucie Fire Rescue and was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital with critical injuries. Martin later succumbed to her injuries. <\/p>\n

The 17-year-old driver was not injured in the crash. <\/p>\n

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man, 86, dies in two-car crash in Port St. Lucie He failed to yield the right-of-way at an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-359349","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\/359349","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=359349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}