{"id":2862,"date":"2024-04-05T15:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T20:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2024-05-14T03:40:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:40:03","slug":"speeding-concrete-truck-driver-causes-wreck-that-claims-babys-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/south-carolina-truck-accidents\/speeding-concrete-truck-driver-causes-wreck-that-claims-babys-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Speeding concrete truck driver causes Anderson wreck that claims baby\u2019s life\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ANDERSON, SC \u2013 South Carolina Highway Patrol said the driver of a concrete truck was traveling at a high rate of speed when they caused a chain-reaction crash that led to a baby\u2019s death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wect.com\/2024\/04\/05\/3-month-old-killed-10-vehicle-crash-involving-concrete-truck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WECT News Channel 6<\/a> said the events of this collision unfolded on U.S. 29 Thursday when the concrete truck, which was traveling too fast for conditions, rear-ended a sedan that was stopped for roadwork. The impact caused the sedan to strike a pickup truck, which then set off a chain-reaction wreck involving a total of 10 automobiles, leaving the sedan driver and a 3-month-old infant injured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An ambulance took the sedan driver to a hospital, and a medical helicopter transported the baby to a medical facility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorities said the baby, who was properly restrained in a car seat at the time of the crash, died at the hospital at 1:17 a.m. on Friday morning from a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subdural hemorrhage following a skull fracture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The condition of the sedan driver was not immediately shared, but officials did confirm the other drivers were unharmed, and that t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he truck driver will face charges for their role in the crash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1ld21GV9oOjhxjelCXFg14intoUmwm64&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you or a loved one were involved in an injury truck accident and are unsure of how to proceed, please do not hesitate to reach out to Truck Accident Lawyers LLC. A <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/truck-accidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>South Carolina truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> can evaluate the details of your collision to determine if you could be owed compensation. Call our South Carolina office 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 us <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a> to schedule a free consultation. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANDERSON, SC \u2013 South Carolina Highway Patrol said the driver of a concrete truck was traveling at a high rate of speed when they caused a chain-reaction crash that led to a baby\u2019s death.\u00a0 WECT News Channel 6 said the events of this collision unfolded on U.S. 29 Thursday when the concrete truck, which was [&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":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-carolina-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862","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=2862"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3456,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions\/3456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}