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Lanes reopen after semi destroyed by fire on Florida's Turnpike in St. Lucie County

Posted at 7:51 AM, Oct 18, 2016
and last updated 2016-10-19 04:11:05-04

A semi caught fire Tuesday morning on Florida's Turnpike southbound, creating big traffic troubles in St. Lucie County.

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The crash occurred at about 6:20 a.m. near mile marker 150 just after Midway Road.

At 7:30 a.m.,  all southbound lanes were closed between Okeechobee Road and Port St Lucie Boulevard.  All lanes were back open by 12:45 p.m.

 

Chopper 5 flew over the scene, which showed the entire cab was destroyed and lumber strewn across the road.