{"id":9397,"date":"2025-09-08T13:24:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=9397"},"modified":"2025-09-08T13:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:24:21","slug":"1-hospitalized-after-fiery-collision-with-trash-truck-in-smyrna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/georgia-truck-accidents\/1-hospitalized-after-fiery-collision-with-trash-truck-in-smyrna\/","title":{"rendered":"1 hospitalized after fiery collision with trash truck in Smyrna\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMYRNA, GA \u2013 One person was sent to the hospital as a result of a fiery collision involving a trash truck that took place on Haven Park Circle last Wednesday, Sept. 3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/cobb-county\/garbage-truck-rolls-down-hill-hits-car-bursts-into-flames-smyrna-area-neighborhood\/HYKFN4EZ45CALOXOLCVVJ7L2WU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSBTV<\/a>, the events unfolded around 4:30 p.m. when the trash truck driver lost control of their vehicle, which caused it to overturn, tumble down a hill, and then slam into a car.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The force of the collision caused the car to catch on fire and damage a portion of a home. Out of the two truck operators, one of them sustained minor burns and was taken to the hospital. The two home occupants were uninjured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cobb County fire crews confirmed that one person was driving the truck, and the other truck occupant was outside of the truck when the collision occurred.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAZMAT crews had to offload fuel from the truck before Waste Connections could transport the truck with burned garbage to a trash disposal site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=11qW-QOWBqUqT1-YIuyPle2IRRVbNa7U&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one can plan in advance for a truck collision to happen. When the unexpected crash occurs, consider enlisting legal aid from Truck Accident Lawyers, LLC. Depending on the circumstances behind your truck crash, our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Georgia truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> may be able to work with you to recover compensation for any injuries and truck crash-related expenses. Submit a <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact form<\/strong><\/a> or call our office at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a> for a free case review.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMYRNA, GA \u2013 One person was sent to the hospital as a result of a fiery collision involving a trash truck that took place on Haven Park Circle last Wednesday, Sept. 3.\u00a0 According to WSBTV, the events unfolded around 4:30 p.m. when the trash truck driver lost control of their vehicle, which caused it to [&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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-georgia-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397","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=9397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9401,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397\/revisions\/9401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}