TUNNEL ACCIDENT * USA - Caltrans reconsiders speed limit near I-5 crash
Caltrans calls for a review of the 55-mph limit in the tunnel near Santa Clarita where Friday's 31-vehicle wreck occurred
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Los Angeles Times, by Matt Lait -October 18, 2007: -- In the aftermath of last week's deadly collision on Interstate 5 near Santa Clarita, a top Caltrans official on Wednesday confirmed that the speed limit in the area where the fiery pileup occurred was raised several years ago, and transportation authorities are now trying to determine whether that decision was appropriate... Douglas Failing, Caltrans district director for Los Angeles and Ventura counties, said he has asked his staff to fully investigate the reasons behind the speed limit changes in that area. He also said speeds that were appropriate when the freeway was built may not be right for modern-day trucks, which are much longer and heavier than they were 30 years ago... The cause of the pileup remains under investigation... (Photo by Stephen Osman / Los Angeles Times .October 13, 2007 - STILL BURNING: An L.A. County firefighter approaches burning wreckage Saturday. By midmorning most of the flames had been extinguished)
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