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89 FAKE SNAKE
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http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5780113?nclick_check=1
http://www.ktvu.com/news/13217992/detail.html
Tanker Explosion Collapses Part Of Bay Bridge Maze
POSTED: 7:14 am PDT April 29, 2007
UPDATED: 8:58 am PDT April 29, 2007
OAKLAND -- An interchange off the busy Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge collapsed early Sunday after a tractor trailer hauling 8,600 gallons of gasoline caught fire, authorities said.
The truck's driver suffered second-degree burns, Officer Trent Cross of the California Highway Patrol said.
The tanker ignited around 3:45 a.m. after crashing into a pylon on a highway interchange connecting westbound lanes of Interstate 80, which includes the Bay Bridge, to southbound Interstate 880 in Oakland, officials said.
The fire melted a second interchange from eastbound I-80 to eastbound Interstate 580 located above the first interchange, causing it to collapse, Cross said.
The Bay Bridge consists of two heavily traveled double-decked bridges about two miles long straddling San Francisco
Copyright 2007 by KT
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Damn ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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i cant wait to see how the commute will be tomorrow...or for however long it takes to repair. glad i dont commute from that area.
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A Chevron Tanker caused the problem so the State makes Chevron pay. Chevron pass the Cost on to the Consumer and $6.00 a Gallon this Summer!
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Originally posted by Blue88lx:
A Chevron Tanker caused the problem so the State makes Chevron pay. Chevron pass the Cost on to the Consumer and $6.00 a Gallon this Summer!
chevron reported ALL-TIME RECORD profits the past quarter, I think they can handle the costs ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Shit was crazy....I was driving to work this morning and I saw that shit...I thought they were filming a movie!! I was like damn....someone paid a lot of money to make the bridge look like that!!
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Blue88lx
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Originally posted by Blind:
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Originally posted by Blue88lx:
A Chevron Tanker caused the problem so the State makes Chevron pay. Chevron pass the Cost on to the Consumer and $6.00 a Gallon this Summer!
chevron reported ALL-TIME RECORD profits the past quarter, I think they can handle the costs
I didn't say they couldn't handle the cost, I'm saying they won't!
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Eddie510-
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WOW, i knew something happen last night!! at that time i was at home talking to a friend in the front yard and i heard a big BOOM! it was either the truck or when the bridge fell. My friend was like ,ahhh well hear it in the news later on. crazy
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daaamn that is why i hate bridges and bein stuck on the bridge in traffic u never know when shit like that will happen ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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HaulinAss Motorsports
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I drove through there 3-5 mins before that happened..........HOLY FUKK!
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Wildfire532FB
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I am not surprised, they never did an earthquake upgrades to any of that bridge thats why they are just building another one.
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I was yarding my train in Oakland yard about 200 feet or so away and you could feel the heat through the locomotive windows!
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Originally posted by HaulinAss Motorsports:
I drove through there 3-5 mins before that happened..........HOLY FUKK!
wow haulin, glad u diddnt have to go through the mess! god is with you,Now thats WERD!
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