{"id":8302,"date":"2013-09-13T07:24:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T14:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=8302"},"modified":"2013-09-13T07:36:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T14:36:48","slug":"semi-truck-goes-off-overpass-and-crashes-onto-road-below-in-hope-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/8302\/semi-truck-goes-off-overpass-and-crashes-onto-road-below-in-hope-ar\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi Truck Goes Off Overpass and Crashes Onto Road Below in Hope, AR"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOPE, AR – A trucker was critically injured on September 7, when his semi truck went off an overpass on I-30 and crashed onto the roadway below in Hope, AR. Hope is in Hempstead County, in the southern part of the state about 113 miles southwest of Little Rock.<\/p>\n

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A trucker was critically injured when his semi truck went off an overpass on I-30 onto the road below in Hope, AR on September 7, 2013. Photo credit: Jesse Evans\/HopePrescott.com<\/p><\/div>\n

The accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. Central time on September 7, 2013 when a semi truck traveling west on I-30 drifted into the grassy median and crashed through a guard rail then went over an embankment at the Hazel St overpass, landing on the roadway below.<\/p>\n

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Map shows location of a semi truck crash on the westbound I-30 at the Hazel St overpass in Hope, AR on September 7, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n

The driver, described as in hs early 50’s, was identified as Kevin Nelson, from Hudsonville, MI. He was driving a rig for ALTL Transportation out of Hudsonville. He was airlifted to a hospital in Little Rock.<\/p>\n

A witness who was following the semi truck saw the big rig disappear when it went down the embankment. The truck driver never hit the brakes and just kept on going.<\/p>\n

It is believed by a family friend that the truck driver may have suffered from a medical condition which may have led to the accident.<\/p>\n

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

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Blog post by Arkansas truck accident lawyer<\/a> Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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