{"id":6336,"date":"2024-12-19T09:54:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=6336"},"modified":"2024-12-19T10:02:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:02:45","slug":"van-driver-dies-in-fiery-crash-with-overturned-txdot-truck-in-merkel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/texas-truck-accidents\/van-driver-dies-in-fiery-crash-with-overturned-txdot-truck-in-merkel\/","title":{"rendered":"Van driver dies in fiery crash with overturned TxDOT truck in Merkel\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MERKEL, TX \u2013 A Texas Department of Transportation truck overturned, and a minivan caught on fire after the two vehicles collided, which also claimed the life of the van driver last Thursday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This deadly collision took place around 6 p.m. on I-20 East, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigcountryhomepage.com\/news\/just-in-fatal-fiery-crash-in-merkel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big County HomePage<\/a> reports. After arriving, fire crews were able to extinguish the flames, and they had to close the interstate\u2019s westbound portion along the Iron Horse Travel Center to accommodate the scene clearance procedure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is unclear if the truck driver, a subcontractor for TxDOT, was unharmed, and authorities have not released the victim\u2019s identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional information, which includes the circumstances that led to this wreck, will be provided as our newsroom learns more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1ca-rY-6EsdSJVjmjOKOPQutH1vMs0JM&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rollover truck accidents happen. And when they do, you\u2019ll want to have our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>skilled and trusted Texas rollover truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> by your side. Our attorney has the means to thoroughly investigate why your crash occurred, the diligence to gather the missing pieces of evidence to showcase liability, and stand up to the large trucking company fighting on your behalf for your deserved settlement\/verdict. So don&#8217;t wait. Begin planning your next steps over your free consultation. 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> to get started.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MERKEL, TX \u2013 A Texas Department of Transportation truck overturned, and a minivan caught on fire after the two vehicles collided, which also claimed the life of the van driver last Thursday.\u00a0 This deadly collision took place around 6 p.m. on I-20 East, Big County HomePage reports. After arriving, fire crews were able to extinguish [&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-6336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texas-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336","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=6336"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6344,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions\/6344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}