{"id":4112,"date":"2024-07-02T12:58:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=4112"},"modified":"2024-07-02T12:58:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:58:17","slug":"semi-vs-pedestrian-wreck-in-lyons-claims-life-of-44-year-old-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/georgia-truck-accidents\/semi-vs-pedestrian-wreck-in-lyons-claims-life-of-44-year-old-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi vs. pedestrian wreck in Lyons claims life of 44-year-old man\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LYONS, GA \u2013 A 44-year-old man was said to have walked amid on-coming traffic when he was struck by a white semi-truck flatbed trailer, leading to his death Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This collision occurred in the vicinity of U.S. Highway 1 South and CH Slaton Road, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsav.com\/news\/local-news\/man-dies-after-being-hit-by-semi-truck-in-toombs-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSAV<\/a>. The Toombs County Sheriff\u2019s Office noted that the semi-driver, identified as 34-year-old Roberto Cabecera from North Carolina, ended up parking on the shoulder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputies, however, did not specify if the pedestrian was hit while Cabercera was putting the semi-truck in park or struck while the truck was still traveling on the road. Nonetheless, the walker, identified as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">William Michael Hadlock, from Jessup, died at the scene, while Cabecera was spared from harm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional details, while unconfirmed, alleged that other drivers on the road had to merge lanes to try and avoid striking Hadlock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The specifics of this crash investigation will be thoroughly inspected by Georgia State Patrol Post 18 (Reidsville), who have not released additional information at this time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1Zd7FZMGhzvlX70YDSEc1Ym7f0LXNTrI&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The events leading up to a semi-truck collision can look different for everyone. With multiple parties involved, it can be difficult to pinpoint who was liable for this wreck. A <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Georgia semi-truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> can help you unravel this mystery, assist you in gathering evidence to prove liability, and, if appropriate, aid you in your pursuit of attaining full and fair compensation for your losses. Connect with Truck Accident Lawyers LLC today by calling our Georgia 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> \u00a0or reaching out <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a> for a free, no-risk consultation. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LYONS, GA \u2013 A 44-year-old man was said to have walked amid on-coming traffic when he was struck by a white semi-truck flatbed trailer, leading to his death Friday.\u00a0 This collision occurred in the vicinity of U.S. Highway 1 South and CH Slaton Road, according to WSAV. The Toombs County Sheriff\u2019s Office noted that 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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-georgia-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4112","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=4112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4117,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4112\/revisions\/4117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}