{"id":389873,"date":"2026-09-04T01:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389873\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T01:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:53:02","slug":"off-duty-mdso-deputy-hospitalized-after-lightning-strikes-cruiser-at-mdfr-headquarters-in-doral-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389873\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-duty MDSO deputy hospitalized after lightning strikes cruiser at MDFR headquarters in Doral &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DORAL, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A lightning strike at the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue building in Doral sent an off-duty Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s deputy to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traffic cameras on the Turnpike showed an ambulance racing down the expressway followed by multiple police cruisers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to MDFR, first responders arrived after receiving reports of a vehicle being struck by lightning outside of the building. An off-duty MDSO deputy in the area was transported as a trauma alert to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MDSO later confirmed the deputy was seated inside of his cruiser while working on an off-duty assignment when the vehicle was struck by lightning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is said to be in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.<\/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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.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":"DORAL, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A lightning strike at the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue building in Doral sent an off-duty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-389873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389873","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=389873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}