{"id":79990,"date":"2025-12-11T23:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/79990\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T23:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:36:13","slug":"crashes-in-the-tampa-bay-area-causing-delays-for-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/79990\/","title":{"rendered":"Crashes in the Tampa Bay area causing delays for drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a fatal crash and a crash involving a patrol car on Thursday morning on Bay Pines Boulevard in Seminole. There is also a crash on I-275 North in St. Pete. <\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 We know getting to where you need to go is a top priority, and traffic can quickly build across the Tampa Bay region at a moment&#8217;s notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here at 10 Tampa Bay, we&#8217;re working to ensure you can get to work, school or wherever you need to be on time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are the traffic alerts we&#8217;re seeing across the Tampa Bay area on Thursday, Dec. 11:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>7:04 a.m.:\u00a0Drivers are seeing delays on Bay Pines Boulevard in Seminole after two crashes are causing a roadblock, according to the Florida Department of Transportation&#8217;s traffic map. There was a fatal crash at 3 a.m. and a crash involving a patrol car at 6:43 a.m., according to the map.\u00a08:21 a.m.:\u00a0Eastbound traffic is moving through, but westbound traffic is blocked and being rerouted toward Park Street.                    <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/c3db0bdf-873e-48d3-a2ed-c53a9cf7b0d6_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/c3db0bdf-873e-48d3-a2ed-c53a9cf7b0d6_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>7:30 a.m.:\u00a0Emergency crews are on the scene of a crash on I-275 North before 54th Avenue North. Traffic cameras show all lanes blocked.\u00a08:21 a.m.: The shoulder is open to let cars through                    <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/f1523cc1-9310-486d-a338-d83b283f7c07_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/f1523cc1-9310-486d-a338-d83b283f7c07_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>You can always stay up-to-date on the latest traffic by using our free traffic map, powered by Waze. Can&#8217;t see the map below?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/embed.waze.com\/iframe?zoom=12&amp;lat=27.950575&amp;lon=-82.457176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click or tap here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was a fatal crash and a crash involving a patrol car on Thursday morning on Bay Pines&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-79990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79990","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=79990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}