{"id":6754,"date":"2025-01-29T13:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=6754"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:54:16","slug":"man-55-loses-life-following-crash-with-big-rig-in-alachua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/florida-truck-accidents\/man-55-loses-life-following-crash-with-big-rig-in-alachua\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 55, loses life following crash with big rig in Alachua\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALACHUA, FL \u2013 A 55-year-old man driving a pickup truck lost his life upon striking the side of a tractor-trailer Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcjb.com\/2025\/01\/29\/pickup-vs-semi-truck-crash-leaves-1-dead-alachua\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCJB<\/a> reports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The events unfolded around 6 a.m. when the truck driver was pulling out of the Dollar General Distribution Center parking lot and then collided with the large truck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florida Highway Patrol did not say if the pickup truck driver did not see the semi-truck while exiting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Troopers did not confirm if the semi-driver would be charged but did say the motorist was unharmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1p4dPNLdPj8SFm75zeVH71_hgpkxApYc&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The events leading to a truck collision look different for everyone. Depending on how your crash happened and if you were partially or at fault, you could be entitled to recover compensation for lost wages, truck repairs, injuries, medical expenses, and more. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Florida truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> is ready to guide you through the complex truck accident claims process and address all your questions going forward. Submit a <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact form<\/strong><\/a> or call our Truck Accident Lawyers LLC\u2019s Florida office at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a> for a free, no-risk consultation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALACHUA, FL \u2013 A 55-year-old man driving a pickup truck lost his life upon striking the side of a tractor-trailer Wednesday, WCJB reports.\u00a0 The events unfolded around 6 a.m. when the truck driver was pulling out of the Dollar General Distribution Center parking lot and then collided with the large truck.\u00a0 Florida Highway Patrol did [&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-6754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6754","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=6754"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6759,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6754\/revisions\/6759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}