{"id":9661,"date":"2025-09-29T08:43:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=9661"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:53:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:53:54","slug":"3-killed-others-injured-in-michigan-semi-truck-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/michigan-truck-accidents\/3-killed-others-injured-in-michigan-semi-truck-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"3 reality TV Stars killed, 5 others injured in Michigan Semi Truck Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TUSCOLA COUNTY, MI &#8211; Three former stars of the TLC reality show <em>Meet the Putmans were killed and fives others were injured when a semi-truck collided with a Jeep on Deckerville Road Friday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnem.com\/2025\/09\/27\/3-dead-van-vs-semi-crash-tuscola-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNEM 5 reports<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the Tuscola County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the collision happened when the semi-truck driver ran a stop sign at the intersection of Hurds Corner Road, crashing into the eastbound Jeep.<\/p>\n<p>There were eight passengers in the Jeep. Bill, Barb, and Megan Putman died at the scene. The other passengers were airlifted to a nearby hospital, some of them in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The semi-truck driver and passenger were also taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The truck driver has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The accident is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1qmbgcXICCBL-KhrG1p8rqN0LlwiYE8w&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one has suffered injuries in a truck accident caused by someone else&#8217;s negligence, the team at Truck Lawyers LLC can protect your rights. Our skilled Michigan truck accident lawyers fight for the justice and compensation you deserve while you focus on healing. <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> or call <a href=\"tel:(888)7745836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(888) 774-5836<\/a> today for your free consultation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUSCOLA COUNTY, MI &#8211; Three former stars of the TLC reality show Meet the Putmans were killed and fives others were injured when a semi-truck collided with a Jeep on Deckerville Road Friday night, WNEM 5 reports. According to the Tuscola County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the collision happened when the semi-truck driver ran a stop sign [&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":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michigan-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9661","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=9661"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9681,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9661\/revisions\/9681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}