I agree! And... how did he hail a CAB?? Think about it... Tanker goes up in a fireball (did I miss something - has there been a cause identified on HOW it went up in a fireball?). Driver gets out and HAILS A CAB to the hospital? (sorry for shouting - this just sounds weird). I’ve never seen anyone hail a cab from a major highway like that.........
“Driver gets out and HAILS A CAB to the hospital? (sorry for shouting - this just sounds weird). I’ve never seen anyone hail a cab from a major highway like that.........”
I don’t know the area at all, but it does seem odd...I believe this accident occurred around 4a.m.
I'm on the freeway, look for the fireball!
It sounds like something straight out of " 24 ".
Jack, the driver hailed a cab...
Later they say he went to a gas station, which must have been a distance from the accident since he was on a major overpass, and CALLED a cab. Why not call an ambulance if you are injured enough to go to the hospital?
This is a huge problem, as all the evening traffic from San Francisco to points east of Oakland takes that 580 overpass that collapsed. Caltrans will get it back up pretty quickly because it's an emergency situation (all the Jesse Jackson/contract talk is silly - this won't be a project put out for bid) but in the interim it's going to cause huge backups, especially during the evening commute.
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Maybe the cab driver was a friend who was waiting nearby.