{"id":4402,"date":"2024-07-24T07:25:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2024-08-14T22:34:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T03:34:02","slug":"5-dead-following-crash-involving-three-big-rigs-on-i-95-in-wilson-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/north-carolina-truck-accidents\/5-dead-following-crash-involving-three-big-rigs-on-i-95-in-wilson-county\/","title":{"rendered":"5 dead following crash involving three big rigs on I-95 in Wilson County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WILSON COUNTY, NC &#8211; A multi-vehicle wreck involving three tractor-trailers Wednesday afternoon in the town of Lucama claimed the lives of five people, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/post\/95-lanes-shut-down-after-deadly-crash-wilson\/15090460\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC11<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal accident happened near mile marker 113, shortly before 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>According to North Carolina Highway Patrol, one tractor-trailer carrying oranges struck two SUVs, as well as another tractor-trailer transporting eggs, sending the second big rig off the roadway and into a ditch. At one point, a third big rig carrying sand was also struck, though the exact circumstances were not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of the initial crash caused the first tractor-trailer to become engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>Five people were pronounced deceased as a result of the crashes, and at least three patients were transported to Wilson Medical Center for unspecified injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the wreck has not been publicly identified, but investigators have indicated that the driver of the first tractor-trailer faces charges.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1GPVW3HNeRigtH4d-pQkjAdpCtdgYCLU&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of a painful truck collision caused by another party, your family deserves peace of mind and maximum compensation to help get you through this difficult time and beyond. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>North Carolina truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC are here to guide you through every step of the legal process. <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Contact us today<\/strong><\/a> at <a href=\"tel:8887745836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a> to book a free case evaluation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WILSON COUNTY, NC &#8211; A multi-vehicle wreck involving three tractor-trailers Wednesday afternoon in the town of Lucama claimed the lives of five people, reports ABC11. The fatal accident happened near mile marker 113, shortly before 1:30 p.m. According to North Carolina Highway Patrol, one tractor-trailer carrying oranges struck two SUVs, as well as another tractor-trailer [&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":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402","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=4402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4665,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4402\/revisions\/4665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}