{"id":6422,"date":"2025-01-06T13:36:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T19:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=6422"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T19:36:56","slug":"semi-driver-hospitalized-woman-dies-after-crash-near-blacksburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/south-carolina-truck-accidents\/semi-driver-hospitalized-woman-dies-after-crash-near-blacksburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi driver hospitalized, woman dies after crash near Blacksburg\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEAR BLACKSBURG, SC \u2013 A sedan driver had drifted off her lane on westbound Highway 5 and hit a semi-truck going east, claiming her life and sending the truck driver to a hospital Saturday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Carolina Highway Patrol told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxcarolina.com\/2025\/01\/05\/troopers-2-dead-after-head-on-crash-cherokee-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX Carolina<\/a> that the sedan driver was driving next to the center line prior to crashing into the big rig around 7:45 p.m. Once the vehicles crashed, the sedan motorist, later identified as Charity Hope Smith, 46, of North Carolina, died while EMS crews rushed the truck driver to a hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Troopers launched an investigation and confirmed Smith, the sole occupant of her vehicle, did not wear a seatbelt while operating her vehicle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials have not commented on the truck motorist\u2019s (also a solo driver) physical condition, nor have they released additional information at this time. New information will be added once authorities have more details available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1v30sqOXsbUCsbRt5P7q-6SY2eePB7h4&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you were injured in a truck accident or had a family member pass away from one, don\u2019t wait to seek out compassionate and award-winning legal representation from Truck Accident Lawyers LLC, America\u2019s Premier Truck Accident Law Group. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>South Carolina truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> knows the ins and outs of the truck accident claims process and is ready to work hard to cover full compensation for medical bills, lost income, and funeral expenses in cases of death. Get around-the-clock legal support starting with a free consultation that can be arranged by calling our South Carolina office at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a> or reaching out <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEAR BLACKSBURG, SC \u2013 A sedan driver had drifted off her lane on westbound Highway 5 and hit a semi-truck going east, claiming her life and sending the truck driver to a hospital Saturday.\u00a0 South Carolina Highway Patrol told FOX Carolina that the sedan driver was driving next to the center line prior to crashing [&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":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-carolina-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6422","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=6422"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6428,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6422\/revisions\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}