{"id":10863,"date":"2026-02-04T17:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10863"},"modified":"2026-02-04T17:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:17:19","slug":"semi-vs-pickup-crash-on-fl-78-in-okeechobee-kills-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/florida-truck-accidents\/semi-vs-pickup-crash-on-fl-78-in-okeechobee-kills-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi vs. pickup crash on FL-78 in Okeechobee kills woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OKEECHOBEE, FL &#8211; A two-vehicle collision involving an 18-wheeler killed one person on Tuesday in Okeechobee, Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakeonews.com\/okeechobee\/stories\/okeechobee-woman-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-sr-78,84003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports LakeONews.Com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly before 12:45 p.m., emergency crews responded to a head-on crash along FL-78 near the Big O RV Resort between Eagle Bay and C. Scott Driver Park.<\/p>\n<p>Police say that an eastbound 18-wheeler swerved onto the westbound side of the highway to avoid rear-ending a stopped vehicle. The semi then crashed head-on into a westbound Ford F-150 pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the pickup truck died after transport to an area hospital. Thus far, police have only identified the victim as a 65-year-old Okeechobee woman.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear if anyone else sustained injuries in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>A full investigation is underway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1I0kYlt1Rs_dlAZo2lg3MewQGNVYvEsg&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve lost a loved one in an Okeechobee County crash involving a reckless truck driver, an accident attorney can safeguard your family&#8217;s rights and help you fight for just recourse. The Florida team at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC offers is here to represent your family during this difficult time. <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us online<\/a> or call us today at <a href=\"tel:(888)7745836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(888) 774-5836<\/a>\u00a0for your free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OKEECHOBEE, FL &#8211; A two-vehicle collision involving an 18-wheeler killed one person on Tuesday in Okeechobee, Florida, reports LakeONews.Com. Shortly before 12:45 p.m., emergency crews responded to a head-on crash along FL-78 near the Big O RV Resort between Eagle Bay and C. Scott Driver Park. Police say that an eastbound 18-wheeler swerved onto the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10867,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10863\/revisions\/10867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}