{"id":9265,"date":"2025-08-26T11:25:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=9265"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:25:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:25:03","slug":"2-dead-1-injured-in-fiery-dump-truck-crash-in-conway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/south-carolina-truck-accidents\/2-dead-1-injured-in-fiery-dump-truck-crash-in-conway\/","title":{"rendered":"2 dead, 1 injured in fiery dump truck crash in Conway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CONWAY, SC &#8211; Two people were killed and a third was injured last Wednesday afternoon when a dump truck slammed into the back of an SUV, setting off a fiery, four-vehicle pileup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2025\/08\/21\/fiery-dump-truck-crash-south-carolina-bridge-leaves-2-dead\/\">WBTV reports<\/a> that the collision happened at approximately 4:30 p.m. on August 20, where SC-22 crosses the Waccamaw River just south of its intersection with SC-905.<\/p>\n<p>State troopers say a dump truck collided with a Chevrolet SUV that was stopped for traffic, pushing the SUV into a Jeep and a GMC pickup. The Jeep fell off the bridge and into the river, while the dump truck and SUV ignited, resulting in towering clouds of billowing black smoke.<\/p>\n<p>The drivers of the SUV and Jeep died in the crash. They have been identified as Flora Beltran-Gomez and Earl Burnette, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The GMC&#8217;s driver was hospitalized with unspecified injuries, while the driver of the dump truck was unhurt.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are examining the bridge for signs of structural damage.<\/p>\n<p>We have no word yet on whether anyone might face criminal charges for their role in the accident.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=19MjpW6R8lqsIhO9FucAKvCOaA_tUyo4&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you been hurt or lost someone you love to a truck accident someone else caused? If so, you deserve justice\u2014and the team at Truck Accident Lawyers, LLC wants to help you get it. We&#8217;ve recovered over $1 billion in fair compensation on behalf of clients like you, and we are ready to fight tirelessly on your behalf. <a href=\"\/contact\/\">Contact us now<\/a> for your free consultation with an experienced, compassionate <a href=\"\/\">South Carolina truck accident lawyer<\/a>, and let us get to work at no upfront cost to you. We can be reached online or by phone at <a href=\"tel: (888) 774-5836\">(888) 774-5836<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONWAY, SC &#8211; Two people were killed and a third was injured last Wednesday afternoon when a dump truck slammed into the back of an SUV, setting off a fiery, four-vehicle pileup. WBTV reports that the collision happened at approximately 4:30 p.m. on August 20, where SC-22 crosses the Waccamaw River just south of its [&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":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-carolina-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9265","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=9265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9268,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9265\/revisions\/9268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}