Don't know if this accident made national news - but it sure is a big deal over here:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/30/TANKER.TMP

Now there's something you don't see everyday.

that sucks..

It definitely made national news.

One thing it also did was provide some proof to the assholes who think that fire can't cause steel to weaken and collapse, that they are wrong.

It's going to be rough for the "9-11 truther" assholes to claim that George Bush had that highway overpass demolished with explosives.

This news also makes me sad that guys who drive trucks holding highly flammable contents are out there speeding.

One irresponsible asshole can impact society and a lot of lives.

They also had one in blow up in houston the other day. Same factor was speeding. Driver died so darwin is doing his job.

Oh come on, Madman. You should know this one was a conspiracy, too. There's no way it was a truck. That bit of roadway that is burnt - a burning truck would have caused a MUCH bigger burn mark!

I made the decision yesterday to not leave the house today. I gotta be in Sac tomorrow morning, not looking forward to that.

I made it out of the area just in time. I was in Oakland doing a project for the whole of last week. If that had happened earlier it would have severely impacted us.
I know we were only out and about at night, it was a project we could only do at night, but I only saw about 4 Xterras in the week I was there.

Yeah, that's gonna suc. It be faster for you to take the Golden Gate and use 101 to 37 through Napa to get there.

This link shows some alternatives and the detours.

From Fox News:



Looks like it may be Snoopy......

for the conspiracy theorists - what a coincidence that the truck just happened to crash just at the exact 100 ft stretch where a monster fire would do the most damage. IF it had wiped out 100ft earlier or later and the fire would have just burned up into the air instead of getting trapped under another structure, doing the most damage.

In defense of the driver, that curve is a real killer. There is a long straight section on hwy 80 and then the road splits and if you aren't especially attentive, that curve gets on rather quickly. At 3am - he was probably on mental cruise control and hit the curve going 70mph instead of 50mph. It's a mistake that ALL of us do - its just that this time was (MUCH MUCH MUCH) more costly.

Nobody died - which is amazing all things considered. The driver somehow crawled out before the fire got him and he walked 1.5 miles to a gas station where he found a taxi which took him to the ER. The guy even tried to pay his fare when they arrived - the taxi driver wouldn't let him, considering he was all blistery and bleeding from crawling out of a burning tanker truck.

Good point. That's why we in SF have decided to invade Oakland; even though they had nothing to do with it.

4-29

Never Forget.

Oh shit!......

Where in Sac do you go?

Ha, if you think the truck driver was bad, you should see the way the rest of them drive there! Most of the trucks are doing 60 and the cars are doing 75+ weaving in and out of traffic. As a truck driver, just trying to keep track of all the retards driving around you takes most of your attention. That said, at 3AM, this driver was probably a bit on the sleepy side and maybe should have been stopped.

I'm glad they don't send me there anymore... Portland, Seattle, and Boise are bad enough! Fucktards R us in the cities!

If you look closely, you can see Satan's face in the pavement! :rolleyes:

Something like that happened over here. Military operator decided to put a excavator on a flat bed but didn't lower the arm enough for the height of the flat bed. Took out a few signs but he didn't let that stop him. Kept going until he hit a pedistrain over pass at 2PM. At least you guys have more then 3 highways. Needless to say traffic sucked that night.

It would be a great time to be a construction worker in Oakland now. cha ching on the overtime.

Pretty cool interactive map of what happened.

http://www.sfgate.com/maze/interactive/

The media is reporting more info on the driver.

Robbery conviction in 1981
Heroine conviction in 1996

Both convicted and time served in prison was spent.

I'm sure a robbery conviction 26 yrs ago has alot of relevance in the investigate.

Near the Expo Center, I'm staying at one of the Hilton properties near the mall.
I'll be at the Hooters, down the road, tonight watchin the Giants game.

Hey! I resemble that remark! Ha!

j/k

Minor earthquake hits area just a few miles (like 3 or 5 miles) north of the accident site.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/02/BAG28PJM1M4.DTL

Only a 3.0 - no big deal. I didn't even feel it in downtown Oakland.