{"id":2470,"date":"2024-03-05T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T00:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2024-03-05T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T00:16:18","slug":"3-airlifted-to-hospital-after-garbage-truck-wreck-on-i-20-in-newton-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/mississippi-truck-accidents\/3-airlifted-to-hospital-after-garbage-truck-wreck-on-i-20-in-newton-county\/","title":{"rendered":"3 airlifted to hospital after garbage truck wreck on I-20 in Newton County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEWTON COUNTY, MS &#8212; Three people suffered critical injuries Monday due to a crash involving a garbage truck on Interstate 20 in Newton, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtok.com\/2024\/03\/04\/traffic-alert-interstate-20-newton-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTOK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened on a stretch of the westbound highway between mile marker 108 and past Highway 15\/Eastside Drive Extension.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say a garbage truck was traveling eastbound when, for reasons still unclear, it veered past the median and entered the opposing lanes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear exactly how many other vehicles were impacted, but first responders had at least three patients flown to a Jackson hospital for treatment of critical injuries.<\/p>\n<p>All westbound lanes in the area were closed during the emergency response, causing delays in the area.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1FswZ7AWwiStOF8ykk_CeP788TLxniqg&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you or a loved one recover from a truck collision caused by a negligent party, your family deserves compassionate legal support and peace of mind. Our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mississippi truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC are here to guide you through the next steps and help you build a strong case toward fair compensation. 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 arrange a free case review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWTON COUNTY, MS &#8212; Three people suffered critical injuries Monday due to a crash involving a garbage truck on Interstate 20 in Newton, according to WTOK. The accident happened on a stretch of the westbound highway between mile marker 108 and past Highway 15\/Eastside Drive Extension. Officials say a garbage truck was traveling eastbound when, [&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":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mississippi-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470","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=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions\/2473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}