{"id":8851,"date":"2025-07-23T04:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=8851"},"modified":"2025-07-23T04:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:49:05","slug":"male-box-truck-driver-loses-life-to-rear-end-collision-in-montgomery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/alabama-truck-accidents\/male-box-truck-driver-loses-life-to-rear-end-collision-in-montgomery\/","title":{"rendered":"Male box truck driver loses life to rear-end collision in Montgomery\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTGOMERY, AL \u2013 A male box truck driver lost his life as a result of a rear-end collision on Interstate 85 Monday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsfa.com\/2025\/07\/22\/montgomery-man-dies-monday-crash-interstate-85\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSFA<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The events unfolded after 5 p.m. when the box truck driver rear-ended an SUV and then crashed into a concrete barrier. The force of the collision ejected the truck driver. EMS crews rushed him to Jackson Hospital, where he later succumbed to fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The truck driver has since been identified as 50-year-old Dakus M. Nikon from Montgomery.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating the details behind the collision.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1TkWn2-DGP3mXwwPTsWCq8zmsKgNHkC0&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If your family member died in a truck-related collision, you could have the opportunity to pursue financial compensation when you file a claim. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alabama truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> is ready to give you an overview of your legal options during a free consultation session. Call Truck Accident Lawyers LLC 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>today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTGOMERY, AL \u2013 A male box truck driver lost his life as a result of a rear-end collision on Interstate 85 Monday evening, WSFA reports. The events unfolded after 5 p.m. when the box truck driver rear-ended an SUV and then crashed into a concrete barrier. The force of the collision ejected the truck driver. [&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-8851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8851","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=8851"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8855,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8851\/revisions\/8855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}