{"id":865,"date":"2023-08-18T18:49:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T18:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=865"},"modified":"2023-08-18T18:49:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T18:49:08","slug":"georgia-man-70-killed-in-truck-accident-on-i-59-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/alabama-truck-accidents\/georgia-man-70-killed-in-truck-accident-on-i-59-in-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia man, 70, killed in truck accident on I-59 in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ETOWAH CO., AL &#8211; A truck driver from Georgia was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Atalla on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2023\/08\/georgia-truck-driver-70-killed-in-fiery-crash-on-i-59-in-east-alabama.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by AL.com, the crash occurred on I-59 about five miles north of the US-431 interchange at about 2:20 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>State Troopers say 70-year-old Kester Bruton was driving a Volvo <a href=\"\/tag\/tractor-trailer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tractor-trailer<\/a> when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle drifted off the side of the highway and struck a tree.<\/p>\n<p>Bruton suffered fatal injuries in the crash.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1kPr-sWb3yiTAh_AD9Hj_7HoDCzyVOSY&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been involved in a truck accident in Alabama, don\u2019t face the aftermath alone. Reach out to Truck Accident Lawyers LLC for compassionate legal representation and guidance. Our experienced team of <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/truck-accidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;]\">Alabama truck accident lawyers<\/a>\u00a0is dedicated to fighting for your rights and securing the compensation you deserve.\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<a href=\"tel:(888)774-5836\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;5fd27e600188ed68cef5a757&quot;]\">\u00a0(888)774-5836\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETOWAH CO., AL &#8211; A truck driver from Georgia was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Atalla on Tuesday afternoon. According to a report by AL.com, the crash occurred on I-59 about five miles north of the US-431 interchange at about 2:20 p.m. State Troopers say 70-year-old Kester Bruton was driving a Volvo tractor-trailer when, [&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":[18],"class_list":["post-865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-truck-accidents","tag-tractor-trailer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865","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=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}