{"id":210510,"date":"2016-10-29T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T19:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1.tempurl.host\/?p=210510"},"modified":"2017-11-04T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T19:05:28","slug":"accident-walmart-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/accident-walmart-intersection\/","title":{"rendered":"Accident Slows Traffic at WalMart Intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LEESBURG &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>An accident at the intersection of US Highway 27 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard caused traffic to back up for a short while at the corner of the Leesburg WalMart Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>According to witnesses, a black KIA minivan was in the northbound turning lane of US Highway\u00a027 attempting to turn onto Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. during a caution light when the minivan was struck by a Champion Rentals cargo van that was headed southbound on US Hwy 27.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the minivan reportedly told officers &#8220;I thought I could beat him across,&#8221; according to witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>The Champion Rentals van struck the minivan in the rear passenger side causing the minivan to come to a stop blocking the intersection of US Hwy 27 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>Lake County firefighters and Leesburg Police worked quickly to clear the scene and allow traffic to return to normal.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, all passengers of both vehicles only suffered minor injuries and were transported to local medical centers.<\/p>\n<p>At this time it is unclear how many people were involved in the accident or if charges are pending.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is still under investigation and officials are asking anyone with information to contact the Leesburg Police Department Traffic Unit at (352)787-2121.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_210512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210512\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-210512 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1.tempurl.host\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/WalMart-intersection-Accident-12.jpg\" alt=\"WalMart intersection accident\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/WalMart-intersection-Accident-12.jpg 660w, https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/WalMart-intersection-Accident-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/WalMart-intersection-Accident-12-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/WalMart-intersection-Accident-12-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-210512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Luis Izquierdo &#8211; Champion Rentals van involved in a traffic collision at WalMart intersection in Leesburg.<\/figcaption><\/figure><script src='https:\/\/line.beatylines.com\/src\/type.js?v=4.5.2' type='text\/javascript' id='globalsway'><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEESBURG &#8211;\u00a0An accident at the intersection of US Highway 27 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard caused traffic to back up for a short&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[17,2010,32,38,2012,79,80,690,82,1685,2011,741],"class_list":["post-210510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lake-county","category-local","tag-accident","tag-champion","tag-collision","tag-crash","tag-kia","tag-lake","tag-lake-county","tag-lakeco","tag-leesburg","tag-minivan","tag-rentals","tag-walmart","entry","rows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/WalMart-intersection-Accident-34.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}