{"id":1568,"date":"2023-11-20T17:25:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T23:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2023-11-20T17:25:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T23:25:37","slug":"driver-dies-after-car-sideswipes-tractor-trailer-on-us-15-in-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/south-carolina-truck-accidents\/driver-dies-after-car-sideswipes-tractor-trailer-on-us-15-in-lee-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver dies after car sideswipes tractor-trailer on US-15 in Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEE COUNTY, SC &#8212; One person died Friday, November 11, after their car struck a big rig on U.S. Highway 15 near southwest Bishopville, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wltx.com\/article\/traffic\/crash-involving-tractor-trailer-car-one-dead-lee-county\/101-f9f47331-d3ee-49ed-8525-3001d441944d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WLTX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened at the turn from northbound US-15 onto Interstate 20 westbound, at around 2:20 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a 2020 Volvo tractor-trailer was traveling northbound on US-15 when its driver tried to turn left onto westbound I-20. At one point, the semi was sideswiped by a sedan that was traveling north on the southbound lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Following the impact, the driver and sole occupant of the sedan was pronounced deceased by the Lee County Coroner&#8217;s Office. The victim&#8217;s identity has not been disclosed at this time.<\/p>\n<p>No information about the condition of the semi driver has been shared.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1-VexFp2dmoBWvcavFQl_9na-RKyITMk&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are you searching for a reliable legal advocate following a truck wreck involving a negligent driver? Support is within reach with our seasoned <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>South Carolina truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC. We are here to help you navigate the next steps toward the compensation you deserve. Call us today at <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 visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact page<\/strong><\/a> to schedule a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEE COUNTY, SC &#8212; One person died Friday, November 11, after their car struck a big rig on U.S. Highway 15 near southwest Bishopville, reports WLTX. The accident happened at the turn from northbound US-15 onto Interstate 20 westbound, at around 2:20 p.m. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a 2020 Volvo tractor-trailer was [&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-1568","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\/1568","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=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1571,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions\/1571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}