{"id":421181,"date":"2026-10-07T13:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/421181\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T13:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:32:24","slug":"crash-closes-southbound-lanes-of-turnpike-in-st-lucie-co-as-8-mile-backup-continues-on-i-95-in-martin-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/421181\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash closes southbound lanes of Turnpike in St. Lucie Co. as 8-mile backup continues on I-95 in Martin Co."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/news-team\/9851bcce-af46-43b3-b596-1ca57700dd3a\" aria-label=\"Yasmine Julmisse profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/9851bcce-af46-43b3-b596-1ca57700dd3a_1679359321.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Yasmine Julmisse\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A crash has closed the southbound lanes of the Florida Turnpike near mile marker 140 in St. Lucie County Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">It happened just south of the Port St. Lucie Boulevard exit.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Florida Highway Patrol told WPBF 25 the traffic crash involves a single semi and trailer which has jackknifed.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\"> However, traffic is getting by on a paved shoulder to pass through the scene and tow vehicles are en route.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">This comes as FDOT reported an overturned tractor-trailer on the southbound lanes of Interstate-95 in Martin County before 7 a.m. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">As of 8:13 a.m., the crash is still causing an 8-mile backup on the highway, passing the High Meadows Avenue exit.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">There is no closure listed for the Turnpike south on-ramp at Becker Road. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">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=\"8\">Get the latest news 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":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A crash has closed the southbound lanes of the Florida Turnpike near mile&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[29378,1776,618,5085,13075,166247,1160,29306,171,173,172,725,29346,166249,1402,166248,5069,189],"class_list":["post-421181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-backup","tag-crash","tag-florida-highway-patrol","tag-i-95","tag-interstate-95","tag-martin-co","tag-martin-county","tag-mile-marker","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-scene","tag-southbound-lane","tag-st-lucie-co","tag-st-lucie-county","tag-tow-vehicle","tag-turnpike","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421181","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=421181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}