{"id":3180,"date":"2024-04-24T15:10:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:10:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:10:05","slug":"sweeper-truck-driver-injured-in-collision-with-train-in-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/virginia-truck-accidents\/sweeper-truck-driver-injured-in-collision-with-train-in-bristol\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweeper truck driver injured in collision with train in Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BRISTOL, VA \u2013 A sweeper truck driver was injured upon colliding with a train while crossing the railroad tracks near Sugar Hollow Park Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjhl.com\/news\/local\/vsp-train-hits-sweeper-truck-in-washington-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WJHL<\/a> reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This crash occurred after 8 a.m. adjacent to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pairgin Road and Wallace Pike<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on private property, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia State Patrol revealed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VSP said the train was a Norfolk-Southern<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> train, while the truck is owned by a private contractor. While it is unclear if the train sustained some damage, the source\u2019s photo indicated that the truck\u2019s front bumper was nearly totaled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No other details were included in the reports at this time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=14Qr6bmV-DtCTo5_FQahuizUZ7qnjsos&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aftermath of a truck accident is not an easy thing to go through, especially if you\u2019re not only dealing with your physical recovery but any mounting hospital or rehabilitation bills and lost income due to missed time at work. At a time like this, you\u2019ll want legal assistance from Truck Accident Lawyers LLC. A<a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Virginia sweeper truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> has the legal talents and knowledge to negotiate on your behalf for fair and full compensation for those mentioned losses. Our legal team alone has been able to recover billions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for our clients. Don\u2019t wait another minute to start getting star-quality legal aid and representation. Call our Virginia office today at <b><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><\/b>\u00a0or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact page<\/strong><\/a> to set up a free consultation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRISTOL, VA \u2013 A sweeper truck driver was injured upon colliding with a train while crossing the railroad tracks near Sugar Hollow Park Wednesday, WJHL reported.\u00a0 This crash occurred after 8 a.m. adjacent to Pairgin Road and Wallace Pike, on private property, Virginia State Patrol revealed.\u00a0 VSP said the train was a Norfolk-Southern train, while [&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":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virginia-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180","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=3180"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3189,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions\/3189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}