{"id":370980,"date":"2026-08-14T03:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370980\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T03:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:14:08","slug":"5-hospitalized-after-crash-causes-tractor-trailer-fire-shuts-down-sb-turnpike-near-oakland-park-blvd-in-lauderhill-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370980\/","title":{"rendered":"5 hospitalized after crash causes tractor trailer fire, shuts down SB Turnpike near Oakland Park Blvd in Lauderhill &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A tractor trailer fire sent five people to the hospital and caused major traffic trouble in Lauderhill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to authorities, Lauderhill Fire Rescue and Florida Highway Patrol units were dispatched to the scene of a tractor trailer fire on the southbound lanes of the Turnpike between Oakland Park Boulevard and Sunrise Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several other departments joined to assist, including Tamarac Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Tamarac Fire Rescue, the fire started after a crash involving a vehicle hauler and a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time of the crash, the hauler was loaded with nine vehicles, six of which caught on fire, with two of those being electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five people were taken to local area hospitals. Two of those were from a separate onlooker accident in the northbound lanes, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crews extinguished the flames but most southbound lanes are currently closed to all traffic as detectives work to determine what led up to the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A tractor trailer fire sent five people to the hospital and caused major traffic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-370980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370980","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=370980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}