{"id":1105,"date":"2023-09-15T18:11:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2023-09-15T18:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:11:22","slug":"crash-involving-wood-chipper-truck-in-athens-kills-27-year-old-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/georgia-truck-accidents\/crash-involving-wood-chipper-truck-in-athens-kills-27-year-old-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash involving wood-chipper truck in Athens kills 27-year-old man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ATHENS, GA &#8211; An Oakwood man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in southeast Athens, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/georgia\/athens\/truck-driver-dies-single-vehicle-athens-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police say 27-year-old Brandon Tolbert was driving a <a href=\"\/tag\/tractor-trailer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wood-chipper truck<\/a> westbound on Lexington Road near Oak Drive at about 4:30 p.m. when he lost control of the truck. The vehicle then veered off the left side of the roadway and struck a curb before coming to rest in the median.<\/p>\n<p>Tolbert was extricated and rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.<\/p>\n<p>No additional information concerning the crash is available at this time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1VNkAWgXa6Fr5EWn8VJAWsf-_YQszd2o&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one has been involved in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;]\">truck accident in Georgia<\/a>, don\u2019t face the legal battle alone. Trust the skilled team at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC to protect your rights and seek the compensation you deserve.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;]\">Contact our offices<\/a>\u00a0today at\u00a0<a href=\"tel:(888)774-5836\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;]\">(888)774-5836<\/a>\u00a0for a free consultation, and let us fight for justice on your behalf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATHENS, GA &#8211; An Oakwood man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in southeast Athens, according to Patch. Police say 27-year-old Brandon Tolbert was driving a wood-chipper truck westbound on Lexington Road near Oak Drive at about 4:30 p.m. when he lost control of the truck. The vehicle then veered off the left [&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":"Crash involving wood-chipper truck in Athens kills 27-year-old man","_seopress_titles_desc":"ATHENS, GA - An Oakwood man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in southeast Athens, according to Patch.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-georgia-truck-accidents","tag-tractor-trailer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","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=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1108,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/1108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}