{"id":7810,"date":"2025-04-24T13:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=7810"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:34:25","slug":"1-killed-another-hurt-in-pickup-truck-big-rig-crash-in-florence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/alabama-truck-accidents\/1-killed-another-hurt-in-pickup-truck-big-rig-crash-in-florence\/","title":{"rendered":"1 killed, another hurt in pickup truck-big rig crash in Florence\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FLORENCE, AL \u2013 A pickup truck driver died, and a big rig operator was injured following a crash on Alabama 20 near mile marker 15 Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The collision happened around 3 p.m., according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waaytv.com\/news\/florence-man-dead-after-crash-involving-freightliner-truck-on-alabama-20\/article_438ec41f-1743-4939-8494-a0b1bb82840c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAAY TV<\/a>. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said that the driver of the 2003 Ford Ranger had lost control of his vehicle and slammed into the 2022 Freightliner Cascadia truck.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers declared the pickup truck driver dead at the scene and took the surviving tractor-trailer driver to North Alabama Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not disclosed the surviving occupant\u2019s current physical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased victim has since been identified as Christopher K Calvert, 55, from Florence.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is underway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1lj403rpHM2ovs_51L2VWhzGSfhbn8js&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you sustained injuries as a result of a truck-related collision and are looking for seasoned legal representation, look no further than Truck Accident Lawyers LLC. Our team of nationwide truck accident attorneys has won over $1 Billion in settlements and clients over the years. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alabama truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> is ready to help you recover your rightful compensation. Contact our office at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a> or reach out <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a> for a free, no-risk consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLORENCE, AL \u2013 A pickup truck driver died, and a big rig operator was injured following a crash on Alabama 20 near mile marker 15 Wednesday. The collision happened around 3 p.m., according to WAAY TV. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said that the driver of the 2003 Ford Ranger had lost control of his vehicle [&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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7810","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=7810"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7816,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7810\/revisions\/7816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}