{"id":10891,"date":"2026-02-06T13:13:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10891"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:15:49","slug":"alabama-police-id-victims-in-semi-vs-pickup-crash-near-forestdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/alabama-truck-accidents\/alabama-police-id-victims-in-semi-vs-pickup-crash-near-forestdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama police ID victims in semi vs. pickup crash near Forestdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JEFFERSON CO., AL &#8211; Police are investigating a double-fatality crash involving a semi that happened Sunday in central Jefferson County, Alabama.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs42.com\/news\/2-killed-in-jefferson-county-crash-involving-tractor-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to CBS 42,<\/a> the accident occurred in the morning near mile marker 91 on I-22, just north of Forestdale and approximately 8 miles northwest of Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say that for unknown reasons, a pickup truck carrying two people crashed head-on into an 18-wheeler on the interstate.<\/p>\n<p>Both occupants of the pickup truck sustained fatal injuries. Authorities identified the victims as 45-year-old Tramaine Q. Pruitt and 29-year-old Jarad J. Pruitt.<\/p>\n<p>Medics transported the truck driver to an area hospital with unspecified injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1f2pJJ8zAB7gmp4eUBpUOkrxvWPBHAUc&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re struggling to understand your legal options following the loss of a loved one in a Jefferson County semi crash, you need to speak with an attorney. The committed Alabama truck accident lawyers at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC will assess your family&#8217;s case and help you hold the liable parties accountable for their actions. <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> today online or call us at <a href=\"tel:(888)7745836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(888) 774-5836<\/a> to get started with a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JEFFERSON CO., AL &#8211; Police are investigating a double-fatality crash involving a semi that happened Sunday in central Jefferson County, Alabama. According to CBS 42, the accident occurred in the morning near mile marker 91 on I-22, just north of Forestdale and approximately 8 miles northwest of Birmingham. Authorities say that for unknown reasons, 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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10891","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=10891"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10895,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10891\/revisions\/10895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}