{"id":2143,"date":"2024-01-26T14:09:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T20:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2024-01-26T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T20:09:56","slug":"teen-dies-following-crash-involving-big-rig-on-us-72-in-tuscumbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/alabama-truck-accidents\/teen-dies-following-crash-involving-big-rig-on-us-72-in-tuscumbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen dies following crash involving big rig on US-72 in Tuscumbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COLBERT COUNTY, AL &#8212; A tractor-trailer was involved in a collision late Wednesday morning in Tuscumbia that claimed the life of a 19-year-old resident of Cherokee, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/whnt.com\/news\/shoals\/one-killed-in-crash-involving-tractor-trailer-on-highway-72-in-tuscumbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News 19<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal accident happened on U.S. Highway 72 (MS-2), in an area east of the Spring Mart and nearly half a mile east of Old Lee Highway. First responders were alerted some time after 11:18 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary investigation found that a tractor-trailer was turning onto the eastbound highway when the crash unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not clarify whether the 19-year-old was driving another vehicle or if they were a passenger in the big rig, but the teen was pronounced deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the truck was not reported hurt in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation by the Tuscumbia Police Department remains in progress.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1lMSOvgDhJz9OcH4FLcC-SlEWpBOf_JU&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of a painful event and the senseless loss of a loved one, your family deserves justice and maximum compensation. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alabama truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC are personally invested in supporting you through every step of the legal process and fighting for the best possible outcome. 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>our contact page<\/strong><\/a> to schedule a free case review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLBERT COUNTY, AL &#8212; A tractor-trailer was involved in a collision late Wednesday morning in Tuscumbia that claimed the life of a 19-year-old resident of Cherokee, reports News 19. The fatal accident happened on U.S. Highway 72 (MS-2), in an area east of the Spring Mart and nearly half a mile east of Old Lee [&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-2143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143","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=2143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2146,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions\/2146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}