{"id":2331,"date":"2024-02-16T21:41:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T03:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:41:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T03:41:35","slug":"teen-dies-following-head-on-crash-with-big-rig-on-i-59-in-sumter-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/alabama-truck-accidents\/teen-dies-following-head-on-crash-with-big-rig-on-i-59-in-sumter-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen dies following head-on crash with big rig on I-59 in Sumter County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUMTER COUNTY, AL &#8212; A 19-year-old driver was fatally injured Tuesday due to a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer near Livingston, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/tuscaloosathread.com\/mississippi-teen-dies-after-wreck-in-alabama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuscaloosa Thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division troopers said the accident happened on a stretch of Interstate 59 about seven miles north of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary details show the teen, a Mississippi resident, was driving a 2021 Honda Civic when it collided head-on with a 2022 Freightliner tractor-trailer. Authorities said the victim, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was left critically injured after being thrown from the car.<\/p>\n<p>First responders had the teen flown to University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, where the patient succumbed to their injuries the following day.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1Wvrh7xrQHN5PzSDdo3yz-Gwk9VlUlTk&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve lost someone you love in a recent truck collision caused by another driver&#8217;s negligence, your family deserves justice. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alabama truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC are here to guide you through every step toward the compensation you deserve. Contact 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 submit a completed <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online form<\/strong><\/a> to schedule a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUMTER COUNTY, AL &#8212; A 19-year-old driver was fatally injured Tuesday due to a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer near Livingston, according to Tuscaloosa Thread. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division troopers said the accident happened on a stretch of Interstate 59 about seven miles north of the city. Preliminary details show 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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331","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=2331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}