{"id":401611,"date":"2026-09-16T15:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401611\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:54:16","slug":"florida-man-applying-deodorant-crashes-truck-on-highway-fhp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/401611\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man applying deodorant crashes truck on highway, FHP says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida man was able to escape serious injuries after he crashed his pickup truck on a highway Monday morning, and investigators say it all happened because he was distracted while applying deodorant.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 22-year-old man from Auburndale, southwest of Orlando, was headed west on State Road 570 near milepost 14 when the crash occurred around 7 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cbsmiami-florida-crash-1.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"cbsmiami-florida-crash-1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A Florida man was in the process of applying deodorant when he got distracted and crashed his truck, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>                Florida Highway Patrol<\/p>\n<p>According to FHP, the unidentified driver was traversing a curve in the highway and was simultaneously applying deodorant when he hit an anti-crash device on the highway and then landed on top of the concrete barrier wall in the middle of the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the immense interest in the story, investigators were forced to clarify that the deodorant found at the scene of the crash was in stick form \u2013 not a spray.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cbsmiami-florida-crash-3.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"cbsmiami-florida-crash-3.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A Florida man crashed his truck while he was applying deodorant, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>                Florida Highway Patrol<\/p>\n<p>The FHP is reminding drivers to stay focused on the road when traveling on Florida&#8217;s roads and highways.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unknown if the driver will be cited for the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida man was able to escape serious injuries after he crashed his pickup truck on a highway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2336,28,3475,123,125,124,139,107],"class_list":["post-401611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-car-crash","tag-florida","tag-florida-man","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-orlando","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401611","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=401611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}