{"id":364381,"date":"2026-08-06T15:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364381\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:08:08","slug":"road-rage-ends-in-violent-4-vehicle-crash-on-u-s-1-port-st-lucie-man-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364381\/","title":{"rendered":"Road rage ends in violent 4-vehicle crash on U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie man arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A road rage confrontation erupted into a violent four-vehicle crash on U.S. 1 Wednesday, leaving four injured and a Port St. Lucie man behind bars.<\/p>\n

Officers with the Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a> say they responded around 6:45 p.m. to the intersection of South U.S. Highway 1 and SE Lyngate Drive\/SE Tiffany Avenue, where investigators determined that a red Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a black Ford Super Duty pickup truck were involved in an ongoing road-rage incident.<\/p>\n

Detectives say the pickup, driven by 54-year-old Kevin Lonergan, was pursuing the motorcycle as both vehicles traveled northbound on U.S. 1 and approached the intersection.<\/p>\n

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A road rage confrontation erupted into a violent four-vehicle crash on U.S. 1 Wednesday, leaving four injured and a Port St. Lucie man behind bars. (PSLPD)<\/p>\n

According to witness statements and dash-camera video, the motorcycle entered the intersection against a red light and collided with a black Chevrolet Silverado, throwing the 31-year-old rider from the bike.<\/p>\n

See also: Miami man faces prison after pleading guilty to online threats against Rubio, Noem<\/a><\/p>\n

Police say Lonergan then entered the intersection against the red signal, struck the ejected motorcyclist, and crashed head-on into a blue Toyota RAV4.<\/p>\n

The motorcyclist and two people inside the RAV4 were taken to Lawnwood Medical Center<\/a>, per PSLPD. The Silverado driver was transported to St. Lucie Medical Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Investigators say the motorcyclist suffered serious injuries, including a brain bleed and facial fractures, and lost consciousness after the crash. He remains hospitalized in stable condition.<\/p>\n

Based on witness statements, dash-camera video and the investigation, police arrested Lonergan for two counts of reckless driving causing serious bodily injury and one count of reckless driving causing injury.<\/p>\n

After being medically cleared, Lonergan was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail.<\/p>\n

The intersection remained closed for hours while investigators processed the scene before all lanes reopened around 2 a.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A road rage confrontation erupted into a violent four-vehicle crash on U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-364381","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\/364381","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=364381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}