400-Pound Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Endangered Species, Run Over by Cars in Florida
On 5/13/21 at 10:28 AM EDT
A 400-pound female loggerhead sea turtle was fatally struck by multiple vehicles on Wednesday morning near Paradise Beach, Florida, leaving one less of the endangered species alive.
The deceased loggerhead was reported to authorities around 5:30 a.m on Wednesday after she wandered up to State Road A1A in Indialantic from a nearby beach, according to local researchers. Authorities have since concluded that the female turtle lost her way while attempting to dig a nest to lay eggs.
"In the case of this turtle, there were very clear signs on the beach that she had emerged from the ocean and tried several times to dig a nest," Erin Seney, assistant research scientist with the University of Central Florida Marine Turtle Research Group told