MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — A wrong-way wreck Wednesday morning on Florida's Turnpike caused major traffic delays in Martin County.
The Florida Department of Transportation said the crash was reported just after 10 a.m. near the Martin Downs Boulevard exit.
The wreck involved a semi and a van, according to a post on the Martin County Fire Rescue's Facebook page.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol crash report, the van was heading southbound on the Turnpike but then proceeded through a U-Turn slot and began to travel southbound in the northbound lanes near mile-marker 133.
The was traveling northbound on the Turnpike in the area at the time.
The driver of the van, identified by FHP only as a Coral Springs man born in 2003, proceeded in the same lane of travel as the semi, causing the head-on collision.
The driver of the van was ejected from the vehicle and taken by medical helicopter to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital where he is in stable but critical condition.
The semi-driver, identified by FHP as a Reddick, Florida, man born in 1975, was taken to Cleveland Clinic Martin South Hospital where he is being treated for minor injuries.
All lanes of the Turnpike were back open by 1 p.m.
