{"id":4708,"date":"2024-08-20T02:05:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T07:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=4708"},"modified":"2024-08-20T02:05:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T07:05:38","slug":"pickup-truck-driver-killed-in-fiery-truck-wreck-near-prattville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/alabama-truck-accidents\/pickup-truck-driver-killed-in-fiery-truck-wreck-near-prattville\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickup truck driver killed in fiery truck wreck near Prattville\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEAR PRATTVILLE, AL \u2013 When a 2000 Ford Ranger pickup truck and a commercial fuel truck collided head-on, the large truck caught on fire, killing the pickup truck driver Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This collision happened on Alabama 14, five miles west of Prattville, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/08\/autaugaville-man-killed-in-fiery-crash-with-fuel-truck.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AL<\/a>. When the vehicles made contact, the commercial truck driver, a Montgomery man, managed to escape the truck and injuries in the process, while the pickup truck succumbed to fatal wounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alabama Highway Patrol confirmed the pickup truck driver, identified as 33-year-old Karlos Golson, Jr., did not wear a seatbelt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Troopers have not revealed the reasoning behind the head-on crash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1ZH0ZKiOwZKl2viI72CVHLQBfHSy7uJM&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you been involved in a serious truck crash on Alabama roads? Do you feel overwhelmed by the claims process or have questions about your next steps? The <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alabama truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC can help. Call our firm at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a> or reach out <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a> for a free, no-obligation consultation. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEAR PRATTVILLE, AL \u2013 When a 2000 Ford Ranger pickup truck and a commercial fuel truck collided head-on, the large truck caught on fire, killing the pickup truck driver Friday.\u00a0 This collision happened on Alabama 14, five miles west of Prattville, according to AL. When the vehicles made contact, the commercial truck driver, a Montgomery [&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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708","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=4708"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4713,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions\/4713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}