{"id":1604,"date":"2023-11-22T17:23:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T23:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2023-11-22T17:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T23:23:58","slug":"driver-dies-after-car-hits-back-of-stopped-big-rig-in-greer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/south-carolina-truck-accidents\/driver-dies-after-car-hits-back-of-stopped-big-rig-in-greer\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver dies after car hits back of stopped big rig in Greer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC &#8212; A 35-year-old driver died Monday night after their car rear-ended a tractor-trailer on Interstate 85 in Greer, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxcarolina.com\/2023\/11\/21\/schp-driver-dies-hospital-following-crash-i-85-greer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers responded to an unspecified span of I-85 shortly after 9:50 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary details show the victim, Wilmer Alexander Mejia Romero, was driving a passenger car northbound when it collided with the back of a northbound big rig which had come to a top in the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>Mejia Romero, a resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, died as a result of their injuries, confirmed officials.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the truck was not reported hurt.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear why the truck stopped in the roadway and whether any charges are expected to be filed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1n6hunLk2F58ueneDw_FTpW31DYKELw8&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of a traumatic truck wreck involving a negligent driver, your family deserves peace of mind and fair compensation for medical bills, missed income, damaged property, and more. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>South Carolina truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC would like to help you navigate the next steps. <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Contact us<\/strong><\/a> 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> to book a free case review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC &#8212; A 35-year-old driver died Monday night after their car rear-ended a tractor-trailer on Interstate 85 in Greer, reports FOX Carolina. South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers responded to an unspecified span of I-85 shortly after 9:50 p.m. Preliminary details show the victim, Wilmer Alexander Mejia Romero, was driving a passenger car northbound [&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-1604","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\/1604","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=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1607,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions\/1607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}