{"id":10848,"date":"2026-02-03T20:48:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T02:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10848"},"modified":"2026-02-03T20:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T02:50:20","slug":"head-on-semi-crash-near-washington-court-house-kills-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/ohio-truck-accidents\/head-on-semi-crash-near-washington-court-house-kills-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Head-on semi crash near Washington Court House kills woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OH &#8211; A 24-year-old woman died Sunday in a wrong-way collision involving an 18-wheeler in Fayette County, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/news\/local\/1-person-dead-1-person-injured-after-crash-involving-semi-truck-busy-us-route\/QFP262LBJVEFJFUCOMZMVO5DW4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports WHIO 7.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred shortly before 4:30 a.m. near mile marker 20 on US-62, or East Court Street, in Washington Court House, which is around 40 miles southwest of Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>An initial investigation indicates that a southbound Hyundai Sonata entered the northbound side of the highway and crashed head-on into a northbound Kenworth semi-truck.<\/p>\n<p>Medics transported the driver and passenger from the Hyundai to an area hospital with serious injuries. The passenger, since identified Livia Sheppard, succumbed to her injuries after transport.<\/p>\n<p>The truck driver did not require hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1gDV9RnZAx9lYiPVXDJ7oDe3S2v55q4w&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 recklessness, we know you are angry and hurting. The Fayette County big rig lawyers at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC can review the evidence, build a case, and do everything possible to help your family secure just recourse. <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us online<\/a> or call our team at <a href=\"tel:(888)7745836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(888) 774-5836<\/a> for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OH &#8211; A 24-year-old woman died Sunday in a wrong-way collision involving an 18-wheeler in Fayette County, reports WHIO 7. The accident occurred shortly before 4:30 a.m. near mile marker 20 on US-62, or East Court Street, in Washington Court House, which is around 40 miles southwest of Columbus. An initial investigation [&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":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohio-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10848","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=10848"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10852,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10848\/revisions\/10852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}