{"id":2260,"date":"2024-02-09T18:01:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T00:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=2260"},"modified":"2024-02-09T18:01:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T00:01:25","slug":"driver-dies-after-semi-crashes-off-i-295-onto-railroad-tracks-in-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/florida-truck-accidents\/driver-dies-after-semi-crashes-off-i-295-onto-railroad-tracks-in-jacksonville\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver dies after semi crashes off I-295, onto railroad tracks in Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUVAL COUNTY, FL &#8212; A 61-year-old man from Willis, Texas, lost his life Friday morning after the semi-truck he was driving crashed onto railroad tracks off Interstate 295 in Jacksonville, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/local\/deadly-crash-has-all-northbound-lanes-closed-interstate-295-commonwealth-avenue\/GTFS7V5ATZHPPAKHEQOMJS4YQU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Action News Jax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal wreck occurred on I-295 at Commonwealth Avenue, prompting an emergency response shortly after 10:41 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the man&#8217;s truck traveled off the roadway and down an embankment before landing on the tracks. Witnesses said the impact left the semi nearly &#8220;unrecognizable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>First responders rushed the driver and sole occupant to an area hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.<\/p>\n<p>All lanes were shut down in the area as crews responded to the scene, forcing motorists to divert onto Commonwealth Avenue, but by 3:30 p.m., the right lane was reopened to traffic.<\/p>\n<p>No further details have been shared at this time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1NcaiZzjGW5BY4sq9t9Kqa5XJMuimaKQ&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 Florida semi-truck crash due to another party&#8217;s negligence? Our compassionate <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Florida truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC are positioned to help families like yours fight for justice and maximum compensation. Call us 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 submit a completed <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact form<\/strong><\/a> to book a free case review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUVAL COUNTY, FL &#8212; A 61-year-old man from Willis, Texas, lost his life Friday morning after the semi-truck he was driving crashed onto railroad tracks off Interstate 295 in Jacksonville, reports Action News Jax. The fatal wreck occurred on I-295 at Commonwealth Avenue, prompting an emergency response shortly after 10:41 a.m. According to the Florida [&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":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260","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=2260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2263,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260\/revisions\/2263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}