{"id":5537,"date":"2024-10-22T14:19:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=5537"},"modified":"2024-10-22T14:19:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:19:23","slug":"red-light-runner-dies-after-hitting-semi-tractor-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/texas-truck-accidents\/red-light-runner-dies-after-hitting-semi-tractor-in-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Red light runner dies after hitting semi-tractor in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, TX \u2013 A driver of a Kia ran a red light at eastbound Thomas Springs Road and SH 71 and struck a semi-tractor, claiming the life of the car driver Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/news\/austin-driver-killed-crash-truck-tractor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX7Austin<\/a> said this crash happened after 7 a.m., and after the two motorists collided, the car driver, identified as Tracy Daspit, an Austin resident, passed away at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed the truck driver remained at the scene and cooperated with authorities. An investigation was launched, with preliminary details indicating that the truck driver was traveling south on an outside SH 71 lane, and the Kia driver on Thomas Springs East at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>No other details were released.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1zoP75Yz4O7mKruBKT85_9du4s9sOvTk&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Were you involved in a truck collision? Are you unsure of how to proceed? Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Texas truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> is ready to give you an overview of your next steps and legal options. Contact Truck Accident Lawyers LLC today at <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-risk consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, TX \u2013 A driver of a Kia ran a red light at eastbound Thomas Springs Road and SH 71 and struck a semi-tractor, claiming the life of the car driver Friday. FOX7Austin said this crash happened after 7 a.m., and after the two motorists collided, the car driver, identified as Tracy Daspit, an Austin [&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":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texas-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537","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=5537"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5542,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537\/revisions\/5542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}