{"id":5678,"date":"2024-10-31T14:04:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=5678"},"modified":"2024-10-31T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:04:47","slug":"semi-u-turn-crash-claims-life-of-driver-in-bartow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/florida-truck-accidents\/semi-u-turn-crash-claims-life-of-driver-in-bartow\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi U-turn crash claims life of driver in Bartow\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BARTOW, FL \u2013 A semi-truck driver was making a U-turn on SR-60 East when he collided with a moving pickup truck, leading to the pickup truck driver\u2019s death Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>This collision happened before 6 a.m., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/deadly-crash-blocks-part-sr-60-polk-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX 13 News<\/a> reports. Prior to the crash, the semi-motorist was sleeping in his parked truck and received a call from someone he knew to drop his tanker filled with mineral spirits. He made the turn without seeing the pickup truck, and the pickup truck went under the tractor-trailer, trapping the driver, a 73-year-old man, who passed away at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office closed the road for four hours and then reopened the area.<\/p>\n<p>The semi-motorist was unharmed in this wreck.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1rFJGtlLQgiyDONwh5DWgBKdcp97ly5o&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Were you involved in a semi-truck U-turn collision that was no fault of your own? You could have the grounds for pursuing a claim. If evidence confirms another entity was responsible for your crash, then you can be assured our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Florida semi-truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> will fight and defend your right to full compensation for lost income, medical expenses, mental anguish, and more. Call Truck Accident Lawyers LLC 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>BARTOW, FL \u2013 A semi-truck driver was making a U-turn on SR-60 East when he collided with a moving pickup truck, leading to the pickup truck driver\u2019s death Tuesday. This collision happened before 6 a.m., FOX 13 News reports. Prior to the crash, the semi-motorist was sleeping in his parked truck and received a call [&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":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5678","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=5678"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5683,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5678\/revisions\/5683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}