A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputy suffered minor injuries due to a car mishap at a security checkpoint near President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach on Wednesday night, a sheriff’s spokeswoman confirmed.
The incident happened at 7:17 p.m. Wednesday at the north checkpoint through which all traffic except emergency vehicles enter the restricted area near Mar-a-Lago, the spokeswoman said.
A PBSO deputy stopped their vehicle facing southbound on South Ocean Boulevard near Via Bellaria, she said. When the driver got of the car, it continued to move forward, she added.
That’s when another deputy tried to get into the car “to properly stop it,” the spokeswoman said. That second deputy lost his balance as he tried to get into the car, and he fell.
The car’s rear driver’s side tire rolled over the fallen deputy’s left leg, she said. The car was soon stopped when it bumped into one of the cement barricades used to define the checkpoint, the spokeswoman said.
Members the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office block traffic just south of the intersection of South Ocean Boulevard and South County Road north of Mar-a-Lago Club Saturday morning July 20, 2024. Palm Beach Police announced this week the that the Secret Service is closing South Ocean Boulevard from July 20 “until the November general election at a minimum.”
The deputy’s injuries were minor, and Palm Beach Fire Rescue took him to Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, where he was treated and released, the spokeswoman said.
South Ocean Boulevard has periodically shut down since July 20, when the U.S. Secret Service-ordered closure went into effect following the July 13 attempted assassination of Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Initially, the road was closed from the Southern Boulevard traffic circle north the intersection with South County Road, which is the checkpoint where Wednesday’s incident took place. That is the only checkpoint through which residents, employees and other visitors can enter and exit the affected area. Only emergency vehicles can enter and exit through the south checkpoint.
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