{"id":18140,"date":"2025-01-22T18:06:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/driver-stuck-on-i-75-overnight-just-abandon-rigs-in-the-middle-of-the-road\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T18:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:06:25","slug":"driver-stuck-on-i-75-overnight-just-abandon-rigs-in-the-middle-of-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/driver-stuck-on-i-75-overnight-just-abandon-rigs-in-the-middle-of-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver stuck on I-75 overnight just abandon rigs in the middle of the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_84\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Drivers were stranded on Interstate 75 in Georgia overnight after a semi truck fire blocked the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on Tuesday night, January 21st on I-75 in Monroe County, Georgia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2025\/01\/22\/abandoned-tractor-trailers-have-i-75-northbound-shut-down-monroe-county-since-last-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlanta News First<\/a>, a tractor trailer caught fire on I-75 at High Falls Road, blocking all lanes just before Highway 36.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several lanes were reopened just before 9:30 a.m., but crews were unable to remove the burned tractor trailer due to the icy conditions, leading to continuous traffic buildup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">YIKES! This crash is from Tuesday night! All lanes still blocked on I-75 north before Hwy 36, leaving Forsyth. They&#8217;ve just abandoned the tractor trailers. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLNewsFirst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ATLNewsFirst<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v0izQW4e3p\">pic.twitter.com\/v0izQW4e3p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rodney Harris (@RodneyHarrisTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RodneyHarrisTV\/status\/1882050945921552562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The traffic eventually led some truckers to abandon their trucks on the Interstate. These empty trucks are still blocking I-75 north on Forsyth as of 8:30 a.m. EST. Officials still have not made plans to remove the abandoned rigs, as conditions are still treacherous.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Department of Transportation advises that drivers use US 41 north an an alternate route.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency services are on-scene working to address the incident,\u201d GDOT said. \u201cPlease exercise caution, follow all official instructions, and consider using the suggested alternate route. Your patience and cooperation are appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cdllife.com\/2025\/driver-stuck-on-i-75-overnight-just-abandon-rigs-in-the-middle-of-the-road\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers were stranded on Interstate 75 in Georgia overnight after a semi truck fire blocked the road.\u00a0 The incident happened on Tuesday night, January 21st on I-75 in Monroe County, Georgia.\u00a0 According to Atlanta News First, a tractor trailer caught fire on I-75 at High Falls Road, blocking all lanes just before Highway 36.\u00a0 Several&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}