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Accident * USA - Tough Commute Anticipated After Pileup
Investigators determined that 28 commercial vehicles — including big rigs — and one passenger vehicle were involved in the crash 30 miles north of Los AngelesSanta Clarita,CAL,USA -AP, by MICHAEL R. BLOOD -14 Oct 2007: -- With the work week fast approaching, authorities scrambled Sunday to find ways to move traffic around a major artery out of Los Angeles that was shut down by a fiery interstate tunnel pileup... Investigators determined that 28 commercial vehicles — including big rigs — and one passenger vehicle were involved in the crash 30 miles north of Los Angeles that killed two men and an infant and injured at least 10 people, said Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief John Tripp... The fire spread from vehicle to vehicle, sent flames shooting nearly 100 feet in the air outside the tunnel and reached temperatures as high as 1,400 degrees...
The tunnel is a truck bypass that runs beneath eight lanes of I-5, the main West Coast interstate, linking Mexico and Canada. It is also a major route from Los Angeles to the city's northern suburbs... The southbound lanes of I-5 were closed for 2 1/2 miles; the northbound side was closed for about a mile... Warren Stanley, California Highway Patrol assistant chief, refused to speculate on the cause of the crash. He did not know when findings would be released... The pileup in the southbound truck tunnel began about 11 p.m. Friday. According to early reports, two big rigs collided on the rain-slickened highway... The tunnel, built in the 1970s, and its mix of curves and darkness has long been regarded by truckers as one of the most dangerous areas of the freeway... The road would have to be closed two weeks or longer in order for it to seriously hurt the economy, although companies that sell perishable items may suffer during shorter delays, he said... (Photo above - by Gus Ruelas/AP - Interstate 5 freeway is closed in both directions at the Newhall Pass as truck route tunnel still smolders after a 15-truck pileup on the rain-slicked Golden State Freeway in northern Los Angeles County that left 10 people injured and one missing in Santa Clarita, Calif, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007 - Photo below , by Ric Francis/AP - Structural engineers with the California Dept. of Transportation examine the damaged walls of a freeway tunnel north of Los Angeles Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007, in Santa Clarita, Calif., where a fiery pileup killed three people and injured at least ten others. The crash late Friday involved five to six big rigs and several passenger cars and sent people fleeing for their lives from the flaming tunnel)Labels: tunnel accidents
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