{"id":6767,"date":"2025-01-30T12:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=6767"},"modified":"2025-01-30T12:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:05:28","slug":"news-officials-close-i-20-east-in-decatur-due-to-semi-truck-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/georgia-truck-accidents\/news-officials-close-i-20-east-in-decatur-due-to-semi-truck-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"News: Officials close I-20 East in Decatur due to semi truck crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DECATUR, GA \u2013 Authorities shut down I-20 East along Wesley Chapel Road on Tuesday due to a serious semi-truck collision and road construction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/traffic\/i-20-traffic-atlanta-crash-road-shut-down\/85-87dbaa7b-ca7a-49e4-9119-719294d47419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11Alive<\/a>, crews closed the majority of these lanes just before noon. A short time later, they reopened one lane to accommodate the scene clearance and investigation. After those closures, traffic delays could be seen toward I-285. During this time, commuters were advised to seek alternative routes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s unclear what led to the crash. However, based on photos alone, the white cab sustained significant damage, with the bumper out of place. In addition, officials did not say if anyone was injured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Updates will be added as our newsroom learns more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=13EW8T_ZE9Zod7cL59X38yi-GBXIqXwg&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Truck Accident Lawyers LLC, we put the needs of our clients first. If you were injured in a truck accident caused by another party, you can be assured that our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Georgia truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> will fight for your right to your deserved settlement to help you in your overall journey to physical and financial recovery. Learn more about how our nationwide legal team can best support you. Submit a <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact form<\/strong><\/a> or call our Georgia office at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836.\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DECATUR, GA \u2013 Authorities shut down I-20 East along Wesley Chapel Road on Tuesday due to a serious semi-truck collision and road construction.\u00a0 According to 11Alive, crews closed the majority of these lanes just before noon. A short time later, they reopened one lane to accommodate the scene clearance and investigation. After those closures, traffic [&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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-georgia-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767","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=6767"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6772,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767\/revisions\/6772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}