{"id":8138,"date":"2025-05-21T13:16:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=8138"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:16:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:16:40","slug":"man-fatally-hit-by-garbage-truck-after-ejecting-from-motorcycle-in-pell-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/alabama-truck-accidents\/man-fatally-hit-by-garbage-truck-after-ejecting-from-motorcycle-in-pell-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Man fatally hit by garbage truck after ejecting from motorcycle in Pell City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PELL CITY, AL &#8211; A 35-year-old man died Monday morning, May 19, after being thrown from a motorcycle and then hit by a garbage truck in Pell City, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2025\/05\/motorcyclist-ejected-from-bike-fatally-struck-by-garbage-truck.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AL.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) officials said the fatal incident occurred on U.S. Highway 231, about a mile north of the city, at around 6:19 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary details show the victim, a Ragland resident, was operating a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. At one point, for reasons still unclear, he lost control and was ejected and hit a Peterbilt garbage truck traveling head-on.<\/p>\n<p>First responders pronounced the motorcyclist deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The truck driver, a 36-year-old Steele resident, appears to have cooperated with investigators following the crash.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1QGBMBVgV9H0SZqvtLhTkWt1lifrxJFg&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Were you or a family member injured in a truck collision due to another party\u2019s negligence? Following a traumatic and preventable event, our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757\"><strong>Alabama truck accident attorneys<\/strong><\/a> at Truck Accident Lawyers, LLC, are here to help you navigate the complex legal process and claim fair compensation. Contact our office by phone at <strong><a href=\"tel:(888)774-5836\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;],5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757\">(888) 774-5836<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757\"><strong>this online form<\/strong><\/a> to arrange a free, no-obligation consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PELL CITY, AL &#8211; A 35-year-old man died Monday morning, May 19, after being thrown from a motorcycle and then hit by a garbage truck in Pell City, reports AL.com. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) officials said the fatal incident occurred on U.S. Highway 231, about a mile north of the city, at around 6:19 [&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-8138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138","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=8138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8141,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138\/revisions\/8141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}