US: Commuters face nightmare after San Francisco Bay area freeway collapses after fiery crash
Posted on: Monday, 30 April 2007, 06:00 CDT
OAKLAND, California - San Francisco Bay area residents faced nightmarish commutes Monday after one of the region's most traveled sections of freeway melted and collapsed following a fiery crash. An elevated section of highway that carries motorists from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to a number of freeways was destroyed early Sunday after heat from an overturned gasoline truck caused part of one overpass to crumple onto another
. "I've never seen anything like it," said Officer Trent Cross of the California Highway Patrol. "I'm looking at this thinking, 'Wow, no one died' - that's amazing." Authorities predicted the crash would cause the worst disruption for Bay Area commuters since a 1989 earthquake damaged the Bay Bridge itself. Standing near the wreckage Sunday night, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed that the state would respond quickly. Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency to speed up cleanup and rebuilding efforts. He also authorized free transit Monday on public transit that takes commuters across the bay.Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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