{"id":3952,"date":"2024-06-19T14:25:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=3952"},"modified":"2024-06-19T14:26:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:26:51","slug":"rear-end-tractor-trailer-crash-near-lugoff-claims-one-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/south-carolina-truck-accidents\/rear-end-tractor-trailer-crash-near-lugoff-claims-one-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Rear-end tractor-trailer crash near Lugoff claims one life\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEAR LUGOFF, SC \u2013 A driver of a 2010 Freightliner tractor-trailer rear-ended a 2019 International semi-truck on I-20 East, claiming the life of the second driver Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This crash occurred around 6 p.m. along mile marker 94, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/traffic\/article289355785.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The State<\/a>. Preliminary details showed that the driver of the International semi-truck was reducing his speed in a construction zone when the driver behind him did not and ended up colliding with the back of his truck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, the driver of the international truck, 49-year-old Jaime Flores, from Manassas, Virginia, succumbed to fatal wounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The driver who rear-ended Flores was transported to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prisma Health Richland Hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The South Carolina Department of Transportation said all lanes reopened around 3 a.m. Tuesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Carolina Highway Patrol has not released additional information at this time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=10ZasOU4bIovTJXvqr1iUM7CVQcSfxaw&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Losing a loved one under any circumstance, especially in a truck collision, is never easy. As <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>truck accident lawyers<\/strong><\/a>, we empathize with the heartache you must be feeling and offer our condolences. If your loved one passed away because of another person\u2019s actions, we would like to provide our legal support with respect to your wrongful death claim. During your grieving period, one of our South Carolina attorneys would carefully prepare your claim and use their skills to fight for your right to get fully and fairly compensated for emotional distress, medical bills that piled up prior to your family member\u2019s passing, and for funeral or burial services to honor your loved one\u2019s memory. Our team is here for you during this dark time. As such, Truck Accident Lawyers LLC is available 24\/7 for free consultations. We invite you to reach out anytime, whether by phone 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>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a>, to begin the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEAR LUGOFF, SC \u2013 A driver of a 2010 Freightliner tractor-trailer rear-ended a 2019 International semi-truck on I-20 East, claiming the life of the second driver Monday.\u00a0 This crash occurred around 6 p.m. along mile marker 94, according to The State. Preliminary details showed that the driver of the International semi-truck was reducing his speed [&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-3952","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\/3952","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=3952"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3958,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3952\/revisions\/3958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}