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Day of crashes, fires snarl traffic on Interstate 95, Florida’s Turnpike

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Day of crashes, fires snarl traffic on Interstate 95, Florida’s Turnpike

Several crashes and fires involving semi-trailers on Interstate 95 and Florida’s Turnpike brought traffic on both highways to a standstill for hours Wednesday.

Beginning shortly before 8 a.m. all northbound lanes of Interstate 95 south of State Road 60 closed after a crash involving a semi-trailer. The lanes partially reopened around midday.

A crash involving a semi-trailer and dump truck temporarily closed all northbound lanes of Interstate 95 just south of State Road 60 in Indian River County on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022.

The semi-trailer hauling a shipping container overturned blocking nearly all three lanes sending debris across the highway, while a dump truck without a load overturned on the east shoulder off the roadway.

One person was taken to a local hospital with what Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson Indiana Miranda said were minor injuries.

By 1 p.m. northbound Interstate 95 had opened, but a second incident involving a semi shortly after 1:30 p.m. led to the closure of two lanes just north of State Road 60. A truck and trailer overturned off the shoulder of the highway.

There were no injuries reported in the crash, according to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office.

A semi-trailer fire led to the closure of the northbound lanes of Florida's Turnpike in southwest Indian River County shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022.

On Florida’s Turnpike, all northbound lanes in southwest Indian River County near the Fort Drum Wildlife Management Area closed around 12:45 p.m. for a semi-trailer that caught on fire.

It was extinguished by 3 p.m., but lanes were still limited around 4 p.m. due to clean up from a secondary crash at 1:21 p.m. just 2 miles south in the northbound lanes of the turnpike.

A four-vehicle crash occurred in the congested traffic just south of a semi-trailer fire on northbound Florida's Turnpike in southwest Indian River County shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022.

That four-vehicle crash involved two tractor-trailers and two Kias and led to one person’s transportation to a local hospital with what Miranda said was non-life threatening injuries.