{"id":7014,"date":"2025-02-19T13:19:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T19:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=7014"},"modified":"2025-02-19T13:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T19:19:48","slug":"fiery-rear-end-truck-collision-in-polk-co-claims-drivers-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/florida-truck-accidents\/fiery-rear-end-truck-collision-in-polk-co-claims-drivers-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiery rear-end truck collision in Polk Co. claims driver\u2019s life\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>POLK COUNTY, CO \u2013 A driver of a BayCare box truck rear-ended a semi-truck, causing the box truck to catch on fire and claiming the BayCare motorist\u2019s life Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The events unraveled after 2 a.m., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/news\/region-polk\/driver-dead-after-baycare-box-truck-bursts-into-flames-during-crash-fhp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC Action News<\/a> reports. Florida Highway Patrol said box truck drivers did not reduce their speed amid slowed traffic, which led them to hit the back of the tractor-trailer in front of them. Both trucks moved before stopping on the shoulder. The box truck motorist perished at the scene, while the semi-male driver, 51, was spared from injuries.<\/p>\n<p>BayCare has not released a formal statement regarding Wednesday\u2019s wreck or publicly identified the victim.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=12qXUsF6eIIoSTihb7MWHpUjDwFseIyE&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you suspect your loved one died in a truck collision you believe was not their fault, you could have grounds for pursuing a claim and recovering funds for lost income, medical bills, and funeral expenses. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Florida truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC is available 24\/7 for questions and legal support. Set up a free consultation by calling our Florida 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>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POLK COUNTY, CO \u2013 A driver of a BayCare box truck rear-ended a semi-truck, causing the box truck to catch on fire and claiming the BayCare motorist\u2019s life Wednesday. The events unraveled after 2 a.m., ABC Action News reports. Florida Highway Patrol said box truck drivers did not reduce their speed amid slowed traffic, which [&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-7014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7014","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=7014"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7019,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7014\/revisions\/7019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}