{"id":1741,"date":"2023-12-08T17:19:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T23:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2023-12-13T15:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T21:55:41","slug":"driver-dies-after-vehicle-big-rig-collide-head-on-us-278-in-winston-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/alabama-truck-accidents\/driver-dies-after-vehicle-big-rig-collide-head-on-us-278-in-winston-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver dies after vehicle, big rig collide on US-278 in Winston County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WINSTON COUNTY, AL &#8212; A woman died Thursday morning following a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 278 near Addison that left another person injured, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvtm13.com\/article\/addison-woman-killed-in-crash-with-tractor-trailer-truck\/46068053#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WVTM13<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal collision unfolded on a stretch of US-278 several miles east of the city at around 7:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>According to Alabama State Troopers, 42-year-old Leigh Johnson, of Addison, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that struck a large truck head-on.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the tractor-trailer was transported to a Cullman hospital for unspecified injuries. Their identity has not been disclosed at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not released a sequence of events leading up to the impact, but an investigation by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency&#8217;s Highway Patrol Division remains underway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1d5cHecNcU1G91GQi_mpm6BcRm76XOxU&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Has someone you love been hurt or killed in a recent Alabama truck collision involving a distracted driver? In the aftermath of a traumatic event, our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alabama truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers, LLC would like to support you on the path to justice and maximum compensation. Call us today at <strong><a href=\"tel:(888)774-5836\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;],5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757\">(888)774-5836<\/a><\/strong> or visit 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>WINSTON COUNTY, AL &#8212; A woman died Thursday morning following a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 278 near Addison that left another person injured, reports WVTM13. The fatal collision unfolded on a stretch of US-278 several miles east of the city at around 7:30 a.m. According to Alabama State Troopers, 42-year-old Leigh Johnson, of Addison, [&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-1741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741","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=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1770,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions\/1770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}