Posted on 10/12/2007 11:19:43 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Per LA County Fire....Northbound I-5 is collapsing at the scene of a major accident in the truck tunnel.
Incident: 3700 Type: Location: info as of: 10/12/2007 11:17:15 PM ADDITIONAL DETAILS 11:16PM 1039 MEDIA 11:14PM PER LACO FD ** PLS HAVE UNITS CLOSE DOWN ALL LNS - NB 5 AT BALBOA - THE BRIDGE IS STARTING TO COLAPSE 11:13PM 1039 56-S9 ADVISED ROLL 406 OR OTHER AVAILABLE UNIT TO ASSIST - 56-108 ENRT 11:13PM PLS ISSUE SIGALERT FOR THE NB 5 TK LNS TO 14 AND THE SB 5 TK LNS TO 14 - UNK DURATION AT THIS TIME - THANKS 11:08PM 146 ADV 1 PTY JUST CAME OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND HAS A BROKEN LEG AND NEEDS OXYGEN //1039 LACOFD W/INFO 11:07PM 1039 TO 98-S7 WILL HAVE 98-51 ROLL FOR THIS FROM THE OFFICE 11:03PM CT-PLS START FOR A HARD CLOSURE TO SHUT DOWN BOTH THE NB AND SB TK LNS 11:01PM DIVERT TRFC FM NB AND SB TK RT - 511 WILL SHUT DOWN NB TK LNS 11:01PM SEMI ON SB SIDE IS NOW ALSO ON FIRE - PLS ADV LACOFD 11:01PM PLS ADV LACOFD THERE ARE 2 ADDITIONAL O/TURNED VEHS // NB AND SB IM THE TK RT 10:59PM 3-5 SEMI FULLY INVLD - @ THE TUNNELS OF THE TRUCK ROUTE W/ACCESS ISSUES - PER LACOFD 10:59PM ANOTHER O/TURNED JSO 1020 BLOCKING ALL LANES AT TRUCK ROUT ALSO SIERRA HIGWAY 10:58PM 146 POSS PEOPLE STILL TRAPPED 10:57PM PLS GET UPDATED ETA FROM FD 10:57PM 146 PTY TRAPPED INSIDE 10:55PM THIS WILL BE SB TRUCK RD 10:55PM LACOFD 3-5 BIG RIGS FULLY INVOLVED 10:45PM PER RP SEMI TRK EXPLODED & OTHER VEH TC D W/TRK / PCS OF ENGINE ARE ON FIRE IN RDWY 10:44PM 1039 LACO FD 10:44PM RP ADVSED HE AND HIS GRANDMOTHER WERE DRIVING ON NB SIDE AND SAW A YEL BIG RIG EXPLODE, THE WHOLE SKY LIT UP 10:42PM YELLOW SEMI TRUCK ON FIRE, BLOCKING UNK LN RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS 11:06PM CHP Unit On Scene 11:06PM CHP Unit On Scene 11:09PM CHP Unit Enroute 11:12PM CHP Unit On Scene 11:12PM CHP Unit Enroute 11:12PM CHP Unit Enroute 11:12PM CHP Unit Assigned 11:14PM CHP Unit Enroute
the placards said 911...
or is it 1011
Content ID Placards...
That’s a handy piece of information right now...
Hey,,,I hate to think...
5 trucks on north end, 1 driver missing
3 empty, 1 produce, 1 steel racks
tanker truck was further in
No @hit, that’s what I’m thinking...
1 truck carrying paint products......plus the tanker
My mistake, more explosions (didn’t say where) and fire is now at bridge.
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What I find unbelievable is that not one of the major news channels is reporting this. The radio station (KFI) has on a talk show.
I have family fairly near.........
“3 empty, 1 produce, 1 steel racks”
That’s good news. 1 tanker can still cause a heck of a mess though. One turned into a missle around Memphis, TN about 15 years ago. Took out a family several blocks away in a house.
Perfect! Thank you!
Me too.
Try KNX 1070 (I don’t have them on, but they’re 24/7 news)
Looking at the LAX webcam it appears to be raining....perhaps helicopters are grounded
I was living there at the time, that was way more than 15 years ago.
Rode a bus past that the next day, that propane tank took out something like two or three houses.
We had a couple of really bad gasoline tanker fires/explosions on or around viaducts/overpasses in the DFW area in the last couple of years - not a whole lot of fun there either.
Listening now to a raw interview. Nothing confirmed on any collapse.
Thanks, BG!
Try to get in this way, hit the Hot Spots button, it should then be the first incident below Hot Spots. Hit that, and the black screen comes up, which will refresh itself.
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