{"id":9162,"date":"2025-08-19T03:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=9162"},"modified":"2025-08-19T03:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:32:41","slug":"man-81-dead-after-rear-ending-big-rig-in-ariton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/alabama-truck-accidents\/man-81-dead-after-rear-ending-big-rig-in-ariton\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 81, dead after rear-ending big rig in Ariton\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARITON, AL \u2013 An 81-year-old man died after rear-ending a big rig in Ariton Saturday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdhn.com\/news\/elderly-man-killed-in-dale-county-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WDHN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary details from the coroner&#8217;s office revealed that the male driver, Carroll Grant Hughes from Troy, crashed into the back of the big rig at the stopped red light.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes succumbed to his injuries at the scene. Officials transported his body to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is leading the investigation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1L4zDLDyBcZIY2-aKNdHENDThQoLlHtg&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If your family member died in a truck-related crash you suspect was not their fault, you could have legal options for claiming financial compensation. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alabama truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> is ready to guide you through the wrongful death claims process. Submit a contact form or call our office at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARITON, AL \u2013 An 81-year-old man died after rear-ending a big rig in Ariton Saturday, according to WDHN. Preliminary details from the coroner&#8217;s office revealed that the male driver, Carroll Grant Hughes from Troy, crashed into the back of the big rig at the stopped red light. Hughes succumbed to his injuries at the scene. [&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-9162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9162","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=9162"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9167,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9162\/revisions\/9167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}