{"id":1555,"date":"2023-11-17T18:41:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T00:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2023-11-20T21:11:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T03:11:17","slug":"worker-hit-killed-by-dump-truck-in-oconee-county-construction-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/south-carolina-truck-accidents\/worker-hit-killed-by-dump-truck-in-oconee-county-construction-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker hit, killed by dump truck in Oconee County construction zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OCONEE COUNTY, SC &#8212; One person died Wednesday morning after being struck by a dump truck while working inside a highway construction zone in Westminster, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxcarolina.com\/2023\/11\/15\/coroner-responding-crash-oconee-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place on an unspecified stretch of State Highway 11 at around 9:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the victim, 58-year-old Joe Milton Bridges, Jr., was working within a highway resurfacing zone. At one point, for reasons still unclear, they were hit by a reversing dump truck owned by their employer, King Asphalt.<\/p>\n<p>No further information has been made available, but the SCHP and the South Carolina State Transport Police are handling an investigation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1uCw4zQ9xd1A-bNScnmCVaBlFPp2YYOk&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one has been hit and injured by a truck in South Carolina, trusted legal support is within reach. Our compassionate <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>South Carolina truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC know how to help families like yours build a strong case toward fair compensation. Contact us today by calling <strong><a href=\"tel:(888)774-5836\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;]\">(888)774-5836<\/a><\/strong> or visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact page<\/strong><\/a> to arrange a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCONEE COUNTY, SC &#8212; One person died Wednesday morning after being struck by a dump truck while working inside a highway construction zone in Westminster, reports FOX Carolina. The incident took place on an unspecified stretch of State Highway 11 at around 9:00 a.m. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the victim, 58-year-old Joe [&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":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-carolina-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555","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=1555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555\/revisions\/1580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}