{"id":400987,"date":"2026-09-16T00:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400987\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T00:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:34:08","slug":"smells-like-distraction-driver-applying-deodorant-crashes-on-florida-highway-fhp-says-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400987\/","title":{"rendered":"Smells like distraction: Driver applying deodorant crashes on Florida highway, FHP says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAKELAND, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A pickup truck crashed into an anti-crash device and came to rest atop a concrete barrier wall on the Polk Parkway Sunday morning after its driver applied deodorant while navigating a curve, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Florida%20Highway%20Patrol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Florida Highway Patrol.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Auburndale man was driving a <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/GMC%20Sierra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GMC Sierra<\/a> westbound on State Road 570 near milepost 14 at about 7 a.m., FHP said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdRZTExlkBv\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram <\/a>post. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers later addressed a detail that drew inquiries online, confirming the deodorant found at the crash site was a stick \u2014 not spray.<\/p>\n<p>FHP used the incident to remind motorists to stay focused behind the wheel. For drivers tempted to multitask, the takeaway is simple: the deodorant can wait until the truck is parked.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/new-york-man-accused-of-trafficking-meth-after-fort-lauderdale-traffic-stop-methamphetamine-meth-trafficking-cocaine-crack-cocaine-drug-arrest-drug-bust-traffic-stop-fort-lauderdale-police-florida-crime-south-florida-crime-broward-county-brook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Noseless New York man accused of trafficking meth after Fort Lauderdale traffic stop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAKELAND, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A pickup truck crashed into an anti-crash device and came to rest atop a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-400987","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\/400987","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=400987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}