{"id":427987,"date":"2026-10-14T22:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427987\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T22:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:04:08","slug":"neighbors-ask-for-solutions-on-deadly-roadway-in-port-st-lucie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427987\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors ask for solutions on deadly roadway in Port St. Lucie"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST LUCIE \u2014 WPTV is continuing to follow up after the tragic death of a 14-year-old student<\/a> who was struck by a vehicle on Port St. Lucie Boulevard last Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Neighbors told WPTV the road can be dangerous during ongoing construction.<\/p>\n

“I don’t even come down this road no more,” neighbor Selene Gabriele said. \u201cI go all the way down to I-95, come up on Gatlin to take my child to school. It’s very dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

A 14-year-old was struck <\/a>by an SUV on Port St. Lucie Boulevard while walking to school just before sunrise on Oct. 7. He later died from his injuries. <\/p>\n

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Port St Lucie<\/p>\n

Treasure Coast HS student dies after being hit by car while walking to school<\/p>\n

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Neighbors like Howard Shapiro said the roadway lacks lighting, especially during the early morning and at night.<\/p>\n

“I don’t walk around here… no lighting outside at nighttime. Kids walk along all the time because there’s school back there, school down there,\u201d Shapiro said.<\/p>\n

To protect those kids, pedestrians and drivers, Shapiro said they need lights.<\/p>\n

“They are putting in a sidewalk, so that’s gonna be helpful. But street lights need to follow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

WATCH: WPTV’s Tyler Hatfield is listening to neighbors’ concerns following the fatal crash<\/p>\n

Hearing your concerns after fatal crash on Port St Lucie Blvd.<\/p>\n

The Florida Department of Transportation is in charge of the project along a segment of Port St. Lucie Boulevard from Alcantara Boulevard to Parr Drive.<\/p>\n

FDOT started construction back in 2025 and, according to their website<\/a>, crews are widening the road from two to four lanes as well as adding new sidewalks and lights.<\/p>\n

Scott Samples with the City of Port St. Luice said this will make the roadway safer.<\/p>\n

“We’ll see a significant improvement in the safety as well as the traffic flow for this this roadway,\u201d Samples said.<\/p>\n

WPTV asked Samples if city staff can provide any temporary safety measures to address neighbors’ concerns.<\/p>\n

Samples said the work being done is FDOT\u2019s responsibility.<\/p>\n

“It’s tough when there is active, ongoing construction, because people still need to utilize it,” Samples said. “That’s why we encourage everyone to do it as safely as they possibly can.”<\/p>\n

WPTV reached out to FDOT to see if there will be any added safety measures in the wake of last week’s tragedy.<\/p>\n

WPTV is still working on getting a response.<\/p>\n

FDOT said on their website the SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard Project is expected to be completed in the winter of 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST LUCIE \u2014 WPTV is continuing to follow up after the tragic death of a 14-year-old student…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[168188,168191,168192,171,168189,168190,173,172],"class_list":["post-427987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-14-year-old-killed-after-being-hit-by-car","tag-high-school-student-killed-on-port-st-lucie-boulevard","tag-high-school-student-killed-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-boulevard","tag-port-st-lucie-boulevard-construction","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427987","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=427987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}