{"id":6649,"date":"2012-11-12T10:02:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T18:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=6649"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:09:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:09:30","slug":"one-dead-in-semi-truck-accident-on-hwy-371-near-webster-parish-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/6649\/one-dead-in-semi-truck-accident-on-hwy-371-near-webster-parish-louisiana\/","title":{"rendered":"One Dead in Semi Truck Accident on Hwy 371 Near Webster Parish Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEBSTER PARISH, La. &#8212; One man was killed on Friday afternoon, Nov. 2 when he was thrown from his vehicle in a logging truck and vehicle collision on Highway 371 near Webster Parish Louisiana.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6653\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6653\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6653\" title=\"webster-parish-la-fatal-semi-truck-accident\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/webster-parish-la-fatal-semi-truck-accident.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/webster-parish-la-fatal-semi-truck-accident.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/webster-parish-la-fatal-semi-truck-accident-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/webster-parish-la-fatal-semi-truck-accident-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The driver of a van was killed when his vehicle rolled over after crashing into a logging truck (semi truck) in Webster Parish, LA on November 2, 2012. Photo credit: Louisiana State Police<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->The accident occurred on US Highway 371 about two miles south of LA Highway 531 in Webster Parish where state troopers were dispatch shortly after 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6655\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6655\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6655\" title=\"webster-parish-la-fatal-semi-truck-accident-map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/webster-parish-la-fatal-semi-truck-accident-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/webster-parish-la-fatal-semi-truck-accident-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/webster-parish-la-fatal-semi-truck-accident-map-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/webster-parish-la-fatal-semi-truck-accident-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map showing location of fatal semi truck accident in Webster Parish, LA on US Highway 371 about 2 miles south of State Route 531 on November 2, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fox News reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The investigation revealed a van driven by Bobby Young, 66, of Coushatta was headed north on Highway 371, when for reasons still under investigation, Young\u2019s vehicle crossed the center line and hit a logging truck driven by Herbert Sawyer, 49, of West Monroe head-on. Young\u2019s vehicle then left the right side of the roadway and rolled. Young was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash and was thrown from the vehicle. Young was pronounced dead at the scene by the Webster Parish Coroner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Posted by <a title=\"Louisiana truck accident lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/Northern-Louisiana.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Louisiana truck accident lawyer<\/a> Gordon, Elias &amp; Seely, LLP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEBSTER PARISH, La. &#8212; One man was killed on Friday afternoon, Nov. 2 when he was thrown from his vehicle in a logging truck and vehicle collision on Highway 371 near Webster Parish Louisiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[167],"class_list":["post-6649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-louisiana-truck-accidents","tag-louisiana-truck-accident-lawyers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649","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=6649"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7223,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6649\/revisions\/7223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}