{"id":10565,"date":"2026-01-07T08:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10565"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:40:12","slug":"two-injured-in-semi-truck-collision-on-i-40-in-memphis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/tennessee-truck-accidents\/two-injured-in-semi-truck-collision-on-i-40-in-memphis\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Injured in Semi Truck Collision on I-40 in Memphis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MEMPHIS, TN &#8211; Two people were injured in a collision involving a semi truck on I-40 Tuesday afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2026\/01\/06\/crash-involving-semi-truck-closed-i-40-lanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action News 5 reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the accident occurred in the westbound lanes of I-40 near Danny Thomas Boulevard and North Watkins Street. Three lanes were shut down while law enforcement investigated.<\/p>\n<p>The truck driver was hospitalized in critical condition. The other driver was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1IYJvfZnPNa1t3YcE_14rC49Q2dL7INo&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve suffered injuries in a truck accident caused by someone else&#8217;s negligence, you may be entitled to compensation. The experienced Tennessee truck accident lawyers at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC will fight to hold the at-fault party accountable and recover the compensation you deserve while you focus on recovery. <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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEMPHIS, TN &#8211; Two people were injured in a collision involving a semi truck on I-40 Tuesday afternoon, Action News 5 reports. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the accident occurred in the westbound lanes of I-40 near Danny Thomas Boulevard and North Watkins Street. Three lanes were shut down while law enforcement investigated. [&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":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennessee-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10565","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=10565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10568,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10565\/revisions\/10568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}