{"id":6876,"date":"2013-01-02T13:37:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T21:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=6876"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:09:29","slug":"semi-driver-dies-in-multiple-vehicle-truck-accident-on-i-95-in-port-orange-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/6876\/semi-driver-dies-in-multiple-vehicle-truck-accident-on-i-95-in-port-orange-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi Driver Dies in Multiple Vehicle Truck Accident on I-95 in Port Orange Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ORANGE, Fla. — A fiery multi-vehicle semi truck crash happened on Thursday, Dec. 27, on the northbound lanes of the I-95 in Port Orange, Florida, leaving one person dead and damaging a portion of Interstate 95.<\/p>\n

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One trucker was killed in a fiery crash involving a passenger car and three tractor trailers (a mail truck, a logging truck and another semi truck) on I-95 in Port Orange, FL on December 29, 2012 Photo credit: WFTV.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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The accident occurred early Thursday morning near mile marker 257 shutting down the northbound lanes of the I-95 for nearly 21 hours.<\/p>\n

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Map showing location of fiery, multiple semi truck accident on I-95 near mile marker 257 in Port Orange, FL on December 29, 2012 where one trucker was killed in the resulting fire.<\/p><\/div>\n

Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said a crash between a mail truck, a logging truck, a car and a semi that was carrying hazardous materials, caused an explosion that actually melted the road.<\/p>\n

The Florida Highway Patrol told the media that the crash killed 66-year-old Francis Trammell of Neptune Beach,\u00a0 who was driving the semi-truck, which burst into flames.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, the logging truck crashed first, which then caused a pile up.<\/p>\n

“The log truck was in the left lane, [and] it lost control, went over in the right lane and dumped the load of logs in the roadway,” said Cpt. Robert Duncan of the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n

WFTV.com reports:<\/p>\n

Troopers said a car carrying a woman and two teenagers hit the logs and crashed, followed by the mail truck and finally the semi carrying methyl bromide, which is a chemical used in pesticides.<\/p>\n

As the truck burned, crews couldn’t get close to rescue Trammel, who was declared missing for hours, but later officials confirmed that he died in the crash.<\/p>\n

Troopers said the three people in the car and the men in the log truck and mail truck were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n

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For more information about Florida trucking laws<\/a>, truck injury causes and victims rights, contact nationwide truck accident attorneys Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP for expert advice. For a free initial consultation, talk to a Florida truck accident lawyer at 1.800.773.6770.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PORT ORANGE, Fla. — A fiery multi-vehicle semi truck crash happened on Thursday, Dec. 27, on the northbound lanes of the I-95 in Port Orange, Florida, leaving one person dead and damaging a portion of Interstate 95.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[273],"class_list":["post-6876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-truck-accidents","tag-florida-truck-accident-lawyers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6876","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=6876"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7213,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6876\/revisions\/7213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}