A rollover on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach left one person ejected and another trapped underneath a vehicle early Thursday, and firefighters had to lift the car and cut away a post to reach the person pinned beneath it.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crews responded at about 5:40 a.m. and found two people who needed rescue, CBS12 reported. Paramedics began treating the patients while firefighters worked to free the trapped person. Both were taken by ground ambulance to a trauma center.
BocaNewsNow placed the crash near Half Mile Road in west Delray, just before 6 a.m., and described an overturned car. The outlet reported that at least two people were critically injured and that rescuers extricated one of them. At least eight rescue trucks were sent to the scene and were using both lanes of traffic. BocaNewsNow also reported that both patients were being rushed to Delray Medical Center.
The same road has required this kind of work before. On Nov. 13, 2024, two people were injured around 4:30 p.m. in the 7600 block of Atlantic Avenue in a crash that temporarily shut down a stretch of the road, CBS12 reported. Firefighters freed one person from a gold Chevrolet Impala by taking off the front and rear doors and then removing the B-post, a maneuver described as a side-out. Both people were taken to a hospital.
On Nov. 13, 2026, two people were injured in a rollover at Atlantic Avenue and Lexington Club Road in suburban Delray Beach, the Palm Beach Post reported, citing Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue. One person was trapped inside a vehicle found on its side in the intersection, and crews removed that occupant quickly.
Thursday's rescue ended with both patients leaving Atlantic Avenue by ambulance, while rescue trucks still occupied both lanes near Half Mile Road.
