{"id":6808,"date":"2012-11-30T12:32:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T20:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=6808"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:09:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:09:30","slug":"trucker-killed-when-tanker-truck-overturns-and-explodes-on-highway-69-in-hillister-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/6808\/trucker-killed-when-tanker-truck-overturns-and-explodes-on-highway-69-in-hillister-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Trucker Killed When Tanker Truck Overturns and Explodes on Highway 69 in Hillister Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HILLISTER, Texas &#8212; A semi truck driver carrying gasoline was killed Friday morning, Nov. 30, when the tanker truck he was driving overturned and exploded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6813\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6813\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6813\" title=\"hillster-tx-fatal-fiery-semi-truck-accident\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hillster-tx-fatal-fiery-semi-truck-accident.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hillster-tx-fatal-fiery-semi-truck-accident.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hillster-tx-fatal-fiery-semi-truck-accident-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hillster-tx-fatal-fiery-semi-truck-accident-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gasoline tanker truck went off the road and burst into flames, trapping and killing the driver in a fiery semi truck accident in Hillister, TX on November 30, 2012. Photo credit: KFDM<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->The accident occurred at about 5:30 a.m. on Highway 69 in Hillister which caused the gasoline to ignite after the truck flipped onto its side near FM-1013. Hillister is located about 115 northeast of Houston.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6814\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6814\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6814\" title=\"hillster-tx-fatal-fiery-semi-truck-accident-map\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hillster-tx-fatal-fiery-semi-truck-accident-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hillster-tx-fatal-fiery-semi-truck-accident-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hillster-tx-fatal-fiery-semi-truck-accident-map-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hillster-tx-fatal-fiery-semi-truck-accident-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map showing location of fatal semi truck accident in Hillister, TX on U.S. Highway 69 just north of Farm to Market Rd 1013 on November 30, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The victim was identified as 58-year old Bertis Wood of Jasper.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sheriff David Hennigan, firefighters were still working to put out the flames over two hours past the time of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>KFDM News reported that a nearby home also caught fire, but firefighters were able to get a couple out of the burning home safely.<\/p>\n<p>The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Blog post by <a title=\"Houston truck accident lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/Southeastern-Texas.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Houston truck accident lawyer<\/a> Gordon, Elias &amp; Seely, LLP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HILLISTER, Texas &#8212; A semi truck driver carrying gasoline was killed Friday morning, Nov. 30, when the tanker truck he was driving overturned and exploded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-6808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texas-truck-accidents","tag-houston-truck-accident-lawyers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808","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=6808"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7219,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808\/revisions\/7219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}