{"id":5429,"date":"2024-10-15T14:27:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T19:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=5429"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T19:31:34","slug":"food-truck-backs-out-fatally-hitting-man-in-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/tennessee-truck-accidents\/food-truck-backs-out-fatally-hitting-man-in-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"Food truck backs out, fatally hitting man in Nashville\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NASHVILLE, TN \u2013 A 48-year-old man, standing behind a food truck, assisting the truck driver with not backing out into a building, died when he was struck by the trailer Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This collision happened in the 2800th block of Lebanon Pike, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrn.com\/news\/local-news\/nashville\/man-dies-food-truck-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WKRN<\/a>. The deceased man, identified as Favian Ubense Cruz-Vargas, was standing in front of the building and behind the truck when he was hit. The impact led Cruz-Vargas to then get wedged between the truck and the building.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While details behind this wreck remain scarce, the driver\u2019s inexperience in operating an 18-wheeler was suspected to be a contributing factor behind why this crash happened.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) said the driver, identified as Omar Martinez-Gonzalez, 42, faces charges for not having proof of insurance and a valid driver\u2019s license.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police did not specify if Cruz-Vargas was driving with Martinez-Gonzalez prior to guiding him with the vehicle reversal process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1gLS580L8JkmI0fCtWqCupMIvF_C9tIA&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s natural to feel pain, heartache, anger, and resentment if you lost a family member to a truck collision, especially if it was caused by the careless actions of another. Amid this challenging time, our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tennessee truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> is here to offer one-on-one compassionate and practical legal guidance as you pursue legal recourse against the reckless driver and healing in overcoming the emotional hurt you\u2019ve been inflicted with as a result of this serious wreck. Truck Accident Lawyers LLC is available 24\/7 for questions and free case analyses. Connect with America\u2019s Premier Truck Accident Law Group <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a> or by phone at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a> to get started.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASHVILLE, TN \u2013 A 48-year-old man, standing behind a food truck, assisting the truck driver with not backing out into a building, died when he was struck by the trailer Friday.\u00a0 This collision happened in the 2800th block of Lebanon Pike, according to WKRN. The deceased man, identified as Favian Ubense Cruz-Vargas, was standing in [&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":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennessee-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5429","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=5429"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5437,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5429\/revisions\/5437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}