{"id":369420,"date":"2026-08-12T14:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369420\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:26:13","slug":"fort-pierce-driver-arrested-for-speeding-in-school-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/369420\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Pierce driver arrested for speeding in school zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Driver arrested for speeding through Fort Pierce school zone on first day of school<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786544773_284_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Vanessa Laurent\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>FORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A driver was arrested for allegedly speeding through a school zone on the first day of school in Fort Pierce, according to police.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Stay up to date: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The incident happened on Virginia Avenue near Lawnwood Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Police said 24-year-old Miguel Angel Hernandez-Hernandez was driving 43 mph in a 20-mph school zone, more than double the posted speed limit.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">According to investigators, Hernandez-Hernandez was also driving without a valid license.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">He was arrested and booked into jail. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Police are reminding drivers to slow down and stay alert in school zones as students return to class for the new school year.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Get the latest weather updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Driver arrested for speeding through Fort Pierce school zone on first day of school FORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-369420","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\/369420","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=369420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}