PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol said an 18-year-old died in a fatal multi-car crash that happened early Friday morning on Interstate 95 at Southwest Gatlin Boulevard.
The crash happened at around 1:45 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-95.
FHP said a 23-year-old Boca Raton man driving a Lexus was driving in the southbound lanes of I-95 near Mile Marker 116, when he rear-ended the back of a Honda Accord driven by a 17-year-old boy from Stuart. An 18-year-old Palm City woman was also inside the Honda.
Both cars crashed into trees on the side of the road.
Rescue crews took the 23-year-old man to Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital in Port St. Lucie.
Crews to the 17-year-old boy and 18-year-old woman to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce, where the 18-year-old died.
The investigation diverted traffic for hours. Drivers were rerouted via Southwest Village Parkway, south to the Southwest Becker Road I-95 entrance, Port St. Lucie police said.
The southbound lanes of I-95 have since reopened.