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Semi-Truck Wreck Shuts Down Downtown Greenville: Why “No Injuries” Doesn’t Mean No Liability A Thursday evening in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, should have been defined by the sounds of the upcoming weekend—dinner crowds at Fire Forge and drinks at Sum Bar. Instead, the intersection of North Church Street and East Washington Street was silenced by a sound witnesses described as a “large roller door coming down.” A semi-truck, attempting a turn that the city’s downtown geometry simply wasn’t designed to handle, snagged power lines and streetlights, tilting the massive rig sideways and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. While the Greenville Police Department reported that no one was physically injured at the scene, the driver was quickly cited for an improper turn and blocking the roadway. For the residents and business owners of Greenville, the immediate concerns were power outages and rerouted traffic. But for us at Attorney911, we see a much larger story: a failure of corporate training, a violation of federal safety standards, and a “near-miss” that could have easily turned into a multi-victim catastrophe. When an 80,000-pound commercial vehicle is operated negligently in a dense urban environment, the “improper turn” cited by police is rarely just a driver’s mistake. It is almost always the result of a trucking company prioritizing delivery speed over public safety. We have spent over 27 years holding these carriers accountable, and we know that what looks like a simple traffic citation is often the tip of a very dangerous iceberg.…