{"id":2268,"date":"2024-02-09T19:04:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T01:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2024-02-09T19:04:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T01:04:54","slug":"tractor-trailer-wreck-on-i-285-eb-in-dekalb-county-claims-drivers-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/georgia-truck-accidents\/tractor-trailer-wreck-on-i-285-eb-in-dekalb-county-claims-drivers-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Tractor-trailer wreck on I-285 EB in DeKalb County claims driver&#8217;s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DEKALB COUNTY, GA &#8212; One person died Friday morning following a semi-truck accident on Interstate 285 near southeast Atlanta, according to to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2024\/02\/09\/tractor-trailer-crash-closes-portion-i-285-east-dekalb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta News First<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal collision was reported on the eastbound lanes of I-285 past I-675, northeast of Ellenwood. It was first reported some time before 8:51 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the circumstances of the wreck remain in progress, but officials indicated that the big rig was initially traveling on a smaller roadway when it collided with the guardrail. The vehicle then rolled down a hill and onto a section of I-285.<\/p>\n<p>First responders pronounced the driver deceased at the scene, confirmed officials.<\/p>\n<p>No other vehicles or occupants appear to have been involved.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the eastbound interstate was shut down during the emergency response and investigation, which remains underway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1wiVl3-x7phzlqkqyAPxu1kv4vS8qrUI&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are you searching for reliable legal support following a truck collision caused by another driver? Our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Georgia truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC are here to help you understand all of your options and pursue the compensation you deserve. <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;],5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757\">(888)774-5836<\/a><\/strong> to book a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEKALB COUNTY, GA &#8212; One person died Friday morning following a semi-truck accident on Interstate 285 near southeast Atlanta, according to to Atlanta News First. The fatal collision was reported on the eastbound lanes of I-285 past I-675, northeast of Ellenwood. It was first reported some time before 8:51 a.m. An investigation into the circumstances [&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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-georgia-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268","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=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2271,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}