News & Rants From The Devil

By Stan The Devil

An overturned gasoline truck caused part of the overpass to crumble onto another. Bay Area residents will begin their worst commute in two decades. This freeway is one of the regions most traveled sections. It melted and collapsed after the crash.

“I’ve never seen anything like it” and officer said “I’m looking at this thinking, wow, no one died.” Officials have predicted that this crash has caused what’s going to be the worst commute since 1989 after an earthquake damaged the bridge that carries motorists from San Francisco – Oakland Bay to a number of different freeways.

The Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency to speed up the clean up and rebuilding efforts. Ferries, buses and the rail system will be free for commuters to go across the bay. Authorities say that it will take months to fix the freeway and interchanges, and are advising motorists to use public transportation.

75,000 vehicles used the damaged portion of the road every day, but the accident occurred where three freeways converge so that makes hundreds of thousands of people. 280,000 people take the Bay Bridge into San Francisco everyday.

The driver who was driving the truck walked away from the scene with second-degree burns. James Mosqueda, the driver, went to a gas station after the accident where he called a taxi that took him to the hospital.

Investigations show that Mosqueda may have been speeding on the curving road. It all happened around 3:45am and officials said that it could have been deadly if it would have happened at a busier time. Witnesses say that the flames reached 200ft into the air.

The cost of the repair will probably run into the tens of millions of dollars. This accident showed how fragile the Bay Area’s transportation network is to earthquakes or terrorist attack.

San Francisco Freeway On Fire

My thoughts

I’m sure all those hundreds of thousands of people are really hating Mosqueda. They are going to have to sit in traffic for hours. It sucks to be them! That traffic is going to be really bad for months. So truckers be a little more careful!!

 

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