{"id":819,"date":"2023-08-15T17:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=819"},"modified":"2023-08-15T17:43:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:43:01","slug":"truck-driver-killed-in-hit-and-run-on-i-26-in-dorchester-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/south-carolina-truck-accidents\/truck-driver-killed-in-hit-and-run-on-i-26-in-dorchester-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck driver killed in hit-and-run on I-26 in Dorchester Co."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DORCHESTER CO., SC &#8211; A truck driver was killed in a hit-and-run about five miles south of Ridgeville early Saturday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live5news.com\/2023\/08\/12\/troopers-investigating-fatal-dorchester-co-hit-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCSC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers say the <a href=\"\/tag\/tractor-trailer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tractor-trailer<\/a> was rear-ended by a sedan at about 12:30 a.m., causing it to veer off the roadway and hit a tree before overturning. The sedan also skidded off the roadway and hit a cable barrier.<\/p>\n<p>The truck&#8217;s dirver, whose identity is being withheld at this time, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the sedan fled. It is unclear whether any arrests or identifications have been made at this time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1bu3fiCCR6kA_aSC6OMF4WnvatUoHcMY&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At Truck Accident Lawyers LLC, our seasoned team of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;]\">South Carolina truck accident attorneys<\/a>\u00a0firmly believes in every driver\u2019s right to safety on the roads.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;]\">Contact us<\/a>\u00a0today at\u00a0<a href=\"tel:(888)774-5836\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;]\">(888)774-5836<\/a>\u00a0for a confidential consultation and let our experienced team fight for your rights and seek the compensation you deserve after a traumatic wreck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DORCHESTER CO., SC &#8211; A truck driver was killed in a hit-and-run about five miles south of Ridgeville early Saturday, according to WCSC. Troopers say the tractor-trailer was rear-ended by a sedan at about 12:30 a.m., causing it to veer off the roadway and hit a tree before overturning. The sedan also skidded off the [&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":"Truck driver killed in hit-and-run on I-26 in Dorchester Co.","_seopress_titles_desc":"DORCHESTER CO., SC - A truck driver was killed in a hit-and-run about five miles south of Ridgeville early Saturday, according to WCSC.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-carolina-truck-accidents","tag-tractor-trailer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","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=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":822,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}