{"id":6790,"date":"2025-01-31T13:44:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=6790"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:44:27","slug":"driver-rear-ends-2nd-semi-near-macedonia-causing-fire-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/south-carolina-truck-accidents\/driver-rear-ends-2nd-semi-near-macedonia-causing-fire-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver rear-ends 2nd semi near Macedonia, causing fire, death\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEAR MACEDONIA, SC \u2013 A driver of a tractor-trailer had failed to reduce his speed to slowed I-85 traffic and rear-ended another big rig, causing a fatal fiery crash Thursday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyff4.com\/article\/tractor-trailer-explosion-death-interstate-85\/63620601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WYFF4<\/a> said events unfolded before 4 a.m. on the southbound lanes. After the first truck struck the second semi, the first semi truck\u2019s fuel tank ruptured, which is what caused the fire. The first motorist went on to succumb to his injuries. The Cherokee County Coroner has identified the victim as 37-year-old Quinton Lanier Hightower from McDonough, Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fire crews rushed to the scene and extinguished the flames. It\u2019s unclear if the second driver was harmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1XSkbA2NiwmTGWPGCk_XX2swHwdeTHh4&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you were injured or lost a loved one to a truck crash, it\u2019s vital you give yourself the time and space to focus on your physical and emotional recovery and leave the details of your truck accident case to Truck Accident Lawyers LLC. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>South Carolina truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> has the prowess to stand up against big trucking companies and achieve full compensation, which can help with costly medical expenses, physical therapy, lost income, and more. Complete a <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact form<\/strong><\/a> or call our South Carolina office at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a> for a free, no-risk consultation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEAR MACEDONIA, SC \u2013 A driver of a tractor-trailer had failed to reduce his speed to slowed I-85 traffic and rear-ended another big rig, causing a fatal fiery crash Thursday.\u00a0 WYFF4 said events unfolded before 4 a.m. on the southbound lanes. After the first truck struck the second semi, the first semi truck\u2019s fuel tank [&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-6790","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\/6790","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=6790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6794,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790\/revisions\/6794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}