{"id":1938,"date":"2024-01-04T15:48:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2024-01-04T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:48:25","slug":"2-hospitalized-after-fiery-big-rig-vs-car-crash-on-i-85-in-anderson-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/south-carolina-truck-accidents\/2-hospitalized-after-fiery-big-rig-vs-car-crash-on-i-85-in-anderson-county\/","title":{"rendered":"2 hospitalized after fiery big rig vs car crash on I-85 in Anderson County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANDERSON COUNTY, SC &#8212; Two people were sent to the hospital Wednesday night following a fiery tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 85 near Townville, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyff4.com\/article\/fiery-crash-i-85-anderson-county-south-carolina\/46283836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WYFF4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 60 firefighters with the Townville Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene near the 12-mile marker, north of State Highway 24, shortly after 9:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances of the crash remain under investigation, but preliminary details indicate the big rig was transporting thousands of butane canisters when it was involved in a crash with a passenger car.<\/p>\n<p>Fire department officials said crews arrived to find the semi-truck engulfed in flames, which were intensified by the contents of the trailer, requiring a large supply of water to extinguish. The passenger car was found severely damaged about a hundred yards away.<\/p>\n<p>One person who was extricated from the car was transported by EMS personnel to an area hospital, along with the driver of the 18-wheeler. No information regarding the extent of their injuries has been shared.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation remains underway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1lcvcYiFPBaG54weNqJJNrMdcQPnkrXU&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are you searching for reliable legal support following a truck crash involving a negligent party? Our experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>South Carolina truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC are positioned to help people in your situation fight for the compensation they deserve. 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 us <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a> to schedule a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANDERSON COUNTY, SC &#8212; Two people were sent to the hospital Wednesday night following a fiery tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 85 near Townville, reports WYFF4. Nearly 60 firefighters with the Townville Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene near the 12-mile marker, north of State Highway 24, shortly after 9:00 p.m. The circumstances of the [&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-1938","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\/1938","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=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/1941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}