Anyway, after I had made the turn around and came back, the turtle was just climbing up onto the median but she still had to navigate the north bound road to get to the pond. So I picked her up and helped her across the street and dropped her into the pond. I say she because I suspect she was returning from the woods from an egg laying journey. I would say she was in the neighborhood of 30 pounds......
We had a young girl around ten yo go into the road to rescue a turtle and she got run over and killed. The mom had sent her out to get the poor creature.
This happens every couple of years in FL.