{"id":360035,"date":"2026-08-01T15:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/360035\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:05:08","slug":"florida-turnpike-crash-in-broward-leaves-motorcyclist-dead-southbound-lanes-closed-troopers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/360035\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Turnpike crash in Broward leaves motorcyclist dead, southbound lanes closed, troopers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0August 1, 2026 at 10:39 AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0August 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM<\/p>\n<p>A fatal crash on the Florida Turnpike in Broward County left a motorcyclist dead and shut down all southbound lanes overnight, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BROWARD COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 A crash on the Florida Turnpike in Broward County left a motorcyclist dead and shut down all southbound lanes overnight, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/01\/reportan-motociclista-muerto-tras-accidente-en-autopista-florida-turnpike-en-broward-cierran-carriles-hacia-el-sur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/01\/reportan-motociclista-muerto-tras-accidente-en-autopista-florida-turnpike-en-broward-cierran-carriles-hacia-el-sur\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Troopers said the crash happened at approximately 11:13 p.m. on Friday on the Florida Turnpike just south of Griffin Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FHP officials said a black 2001 Harley Davidson Road King motorcycle and a red 2012 Chevrolet Camaro were traveling southbound when the motorcycle moved from the outside center lane into the inside center lane, entering the Camaro\u2019s path.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They said the front of the Camaro struck the rear of the motorcycle. The motorcycle rider, a 28-year-old Hollywood man, was thrown from the bike and suffered fatal injuries, according to investigators. His next of kin notification is still pending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Troopers said the Camaro driver, a 22-year-old Hollywood man, was not injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They said all southbound Florida Turnpike lanes were closed as of 12:06 a.m. on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">No other details about the crash were immediately released. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0August 1, 2026 at 10:39 AM Updated:\u00a0August 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM A fatal crash on the Florida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-360035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360035","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=360035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}