{"id":9257,"date":"2025-08-26T10:43:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=9257"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:43:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:43:42","slug":"semi-veers-off-i-240-in-memphis-delaying-traffic-near-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/tennessee-truck-accidents\/semi-veers-off-i-240-in-memphis-delaying-traffic-near-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi veers off I-240 in Memphis, delaying traffic near airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MEMPHIS, TN &#8211; Traffic on I-240 near Memphis International Airport was backed up yesterday after a semi-truck veered off the roadway and was left dangling across an embankment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2025\/08\/25\/semi-truck-hangs-off-i-240-bridge-tdot-reports\/\">Action News 5 reports<\/a> that the incident happened around 9:30 a.m. on August 25 on I-240 near Airways Boulevard. The crash blocked two westbound lanes, and photos taken by a nearby traffic camera show bumper-to-bumper traffic in the area.<\/p>\n<p>We do not know at this time what caused the driver to lose control or whether anyone was injured. Expect further updates as they become available.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=19319rLCgSGkXrDXQ4V4jhyZPrwARHyE&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you been hurt in a truck accident in Memphis or elsewhere in Tennessee? If so, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Truck Accident Lawyers LLC can help you demand fair compensation from those to blame for what happened. We&#8217;ve recovered over $1 billion on behalf of clients like you, and we&#8217;re ready to do what it takes to assert your rights. <a href=\"\/contact\/\">Contact us today<\/a>, online or by calling <a href=\"tel: (888) 774-5836\">(888) 774-5836<\/a>, and ask for your free consultation with a <a href=\"\/\">Memphis truck accident lawyer<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEMPHIS, TN &#8211; Traffic on I-240 near Memphis International Airport was backed up yesterday after a semi-truck veered off the roadway and was left dangling across an embankment. Action News 5 reports that the incident happened around 9:30 a.m. on August 25 on I-240 near Airways Boulevard. The crash blocked two westbound lanes, and photos [&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-9257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennessee-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9257","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=9257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9260,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9257\/revisions\/9260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}