A 31-year-old West Palm Beach man was killed Wednesday night after his vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer backing on Warfield Boulevard in Indiantown, according to a news release. The man died in the crash, and the crash investigation remained ongoing as of the morning of Nov. 5.
The crash happened about 9 p.m. Wednesday in the 20,000 block of Warfield Boulevard, also known as State Road 710, according to Treasure Coast Newspapers. Florida Highway Patrol said a tractor-trailer was backing on Warfield Boulevard.
Florida Highway Patrol said the vehicle collided with the tractor-trailer.
Road Closure Snarled Traffic for Hours
In the hours after the collision, Warfield Boulevard was temporarily closed from Fox Brown Road to Martin Highway, according to Martin County Sheriff’s officials. Local coverage from the night of the crash described the same stretch as shut down to through traffic while investigators worked the scene, with WPBF reporting that Martin County Sheriff’s deputies, Martin County Fire Rescue and Florida Highway Patrol all responded.
The station’s report said the closure was expected to last several hours while troopers worked the scene. Separately, CBS12 reported that drivers needing to reach an address on Warfield Boulevard between Martin Highway and Fox Brown Road were told to travel south from Martin Highway instead.
A Stretch of Road With a Troubled History
A separate fatal crash occurred about 2 a.m. on July 5 at Southwest Warfield Boulevard and Southwest Silver Fox Lane in Indiantown, according to a report from TCPalm. Separately, the Martin County sheriff has called the roadway a death trap, the outlet reported — an attributed characterization from the sheriff rather than a measure of crash statistics.
Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation into Wednesday’s crash was still active as of Thursday morning, and no further details on potential charges or findings had been released.
