{"id":5382,"date":"2012-01-27T09:54:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T17:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=5382"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:09:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:09:32","slug":"18-wheeler-accident-blocks-i-40-in-tn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/5382\/18-wheeler-accident-blocks-i-40-in-tn\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Wheeler Accident Blocks I-40 in TN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARTHAGE, TN. &#8211; An 18 wheeler accident occured Thursday, Jan 26, at mile marker 258 in Carthage, Tennessee. The city of Carthage is located in Smith County about 56 miles north east of Nashville.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5387\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5387\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5387\" title=\"carthage-tn-semi-truck-accident\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/carthage-tn-semi-truck-accident.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/carthage-tn-semi-truck-accident.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/carthage-tn-semi-truck-accident-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/carthage-tn-semi-truck-accident-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo shows 18 wheeler in a ditch alongside I-40. PHOTO Credit: WKRN-TV Nashville<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The semi truck accident happened around 10:30 a.m. in a ditch along side the Interstate 40 which partially blocked traffic for several hours on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5385\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5385\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5385\" title=\"carthage-tn-semi-truck-accident-map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/carthage-tn-semi-truck-accident-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/carthage-tn-semi-truck-accident-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/carthage-tn-semi-truck-accident-map-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/carthage-tn-semi-truck-accident-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map shows location of 18 wheeler accident off I-40 in Carthage, TN on Jan 26, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Tennessee Department of Transportation reported that the I-40 was cleared at about 1:30 p.m., however, there were no reports of injuries or what caused the accident<\/p>\n<p>The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Gordon Elias &amp; Seely, LLP recommend that if you know anyone who has been injured or killed as the result of a commercial truck accident involving a semi truck, 18 wheeler, big rig, tractor trailer or bus, tell them to immediately contact a qualified truck accident lawyer for advice. Gordon, Elias &amp; Seely LLP are licensed in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Washington, DC and have informal relationships with other truck accident lawyers. Visit our <a title=\"Nashville truck accident lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/Tennessee.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"> Nashville truck accident lawyer<\/a>page or call 800.773.6770.<\/p>\n<p>Related search:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Nashville18WheelerAccidentLawyer.co%20\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARTHAGE, TN. &#8211; An 18 wheeler accident occured Thursday, Jan 26, at mile marker 258 in Carthage, Tennessee. The city of Carthage is located in Smith County about 56 miles north east of Nashville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[302],"class_list":["post-5382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennessee-truck-accidents","tag-nashville-truck-accident-lawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5382"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7297,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382\/revisions\/7297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}