Accident closes eastbound Southern Boulevard

All eastbound lanes and one westbound lane of Southern Boulevard are closed at the site of a two-vehicle crash near Wellington between Big Blue Trace and Seminole-Pratt Whitney Road. The crash occurred at about 2 p.m., according to the Florida Department of Transportation. A tractor trailer ran into a pickup truck. Both vehicles have burned to the ground.
Hazardous materials crews are cleaning up a fuel spill, which is expected to take several hours. Estimated time for reopening all travel lanes is 6 p.m. tonight, according to FDOT.

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Jason Parsley
Jason Parsley has covered Wellington, Royal Palm Beach and the surrounding areas since January 2008. Before that he covered East and West Boca.

He lives in Lake Worth with his partner of 8 years along with Juno, his cat, and Cutie, his Iguana.

He graduated from Florida Atlantic University where he worked for the student newspaper and won several state, regional, national, and professional journalism awards.

When he's not working, you can find him watching American Idol and Big Brother.

Contact him at jeparsley@tribune.com or 561-706-6646.