{"id":8730,"date":"2025-07-14T03:56:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T08:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=8730"},"modified":"2025-07-14T03:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T08:56:53","slug":"man-hospitalized-following-jeep-semi-rear-end-collision-in-smyrna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/tennessee-truck-accidents\/man-hospitalized-following-jeep-semi-rear-end-collision-in-smyrna\/","title":{"rendered":"Man hospitalized following Jeep, semi rear-end collision in Smyrna\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMYRNA, TN \u2013 A 35-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital after a rear-end collision between a 2014 Jeep Wrangler and a 2024 Peterbilt semi-truck on I-24 East Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The events unfolded when the 35-year-old man, driving the Jeep, rear-ended the semi truck\u2019s trailer as it was merging from the interstate shoulder and into the interstate lanes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgnsradio.com\/article\/93776\/update-more-details-released-by-thp-after-friday-mid-morning-collision-in-rutherford-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WGNS Radio<\/a> reports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jeep driver was left in serious condition, while his passengers, a 1-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy, were unharmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The semi-truck driver was also uninjured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jeep driver was identified as Beyar Yahya of Middle Tennessee, and the truck driver as 63-year-old Richard Sumner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tennessee Highway Patrol confirmed all occupants wore seatbelts and has not announced any charges at this time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1aEOOEaLrt0VdUKJZ0ricNi2Z2NFyq0c&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you were involved in a truck-related crash that was not your fault, then you could have legal options for recovering financial compensation for your injuries, medical bills, vehicle repairs, and more. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tennessee truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> is ready to help you with your next legal steps and support you in your path toward recovery. Submit a <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact form<\/strong><\/a> or call Truck Accident Lawyers LLC at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a> for a free, no-obligation consultation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMYRNA, TN \u2013 A 35-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital after a rear-end collision between a 2014 Jeep Wrangler and a 2024 Peterbilt semi-truck on I-24 East Friday.\u00a0 The events unfolded when the 35-year-old man, driving the Jeep, rear-ended the semi truck\u2019s trailer as it was merging from the interstate shoulder and into 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":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennessee-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8730","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=8730"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8735,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8730\/revisions\/8735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}