{"id":10003,"date":"2025-10-30T08:49:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10003"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:49:31","slug":"semi-truck-driver-sentenced-to-45-years-for-fatal-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/georgia-truck-accidents\/semi-truck-driver-sentenced-to-45-years-for-fatal-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi-Truck Driver Sentenced to 45 Years for Fatal Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAMDEN COUNTY, GA &#8211; A semi-truck driver was convicted of eight counts of homicide by vehicle, eight counts of injury by vehicle, and one count of open container after a fatal accident on I-95 in July 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/semi-truck-driver-who-killed-4-i-95-near-florida-georgia-line-sentenced-45-years-prison\/SBH5DXX7ABHVBPP7AJBYH2UHJY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action News Jax reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred near Exit 1 of I-95. Nicholas DeWayne Burist was driving a tractor-trailer under the influence of alcohol when he veered out of his lane, causing a multi-vehicle crash that claimed the lives of four and left four others seriously injured. A jury found Burist guilty on August 7.<\/p>\n<p>Burist was sentenced to 75 years, with 45 years served in prison and 30 years on probation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1dEr_BFJ4Keefa5fbPJtnGhQ6pV_5v9s&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve lost a loved one in a truck accident caused by someone else&#8217;s negligence, you deserve justice. The skilled Georgia truck accident lawyers at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC offer compassionate support and tenacious representation during this difficult time. <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> online or call <a href=\"tel:(888)7745836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(888) 774-5836<\/a> today for your free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAMDEN COUNTY, GA &#8211; A semi-truck driver was convicted of eight counts of homicide by vehicle, eight counts of injury by vehicle, and one count of open container after a fatal accident on I-95 in July 2022, Action News Jax reports. The accident occurred near Exit 1 of I-95. Nicholas DeWayne Burist was driving a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-georgia-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10006,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10003\/revisions\/10006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}