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Caption A truck hauling old tires slammed into a bridge overpass on Interstate 16, creating traffic chaos. In this image, a Department of Transportation worker explains that the plan is to tear the entire bridge down due to massive structural damage. Credit: Georgia Department of Transportation
A truck hauling tires slammed into a bridge on Interstate 16 early Thursday, creating traffic chaos for beachgoers and port transportation after authorities shut down the major thoroughfare.
The highway was shut between exits 71 and 78 following the crash.
Georgia Department of Transportation crews assessing the damage reported that the crash shifted the bridge 6 feet off its regular mark. They plan to remove the remainder of the trailer today and begin demolishing the bridge.
Motorists are being urged to use the R103 as an alternative route after a horrific crash between two trucks on the N3 near Ashburton in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday night
One day after Caleb and Ladd Drummond were involved in a head-on collision near her family s ranch, The Pioneer Woman star shares that her family think the two men will both be okay.
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Emergency services say it appears the truck s brakes failed.
It hit a car at a bus stop - killing two occupants.
Netcare 911 s Shawn Herbst says the truck then struck a pedestrian - killing her too. Before the truck left the road crushing an outbuilding at the entrance of a school.
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An adult male in the building had sustained serious injuries after being crushed and was treated on scene by an advanced life support paramedic.
The driver of the truck had also sustained serious injuries and was treated on scene by another private ambulance service.
Father describes deafening silence after crying out for wife, son who died in horror truck smash
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Jessica West and her son Deighton West died in the collision with Michael Knowler s truck in December 2019.
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A grieving father has told a court of his anguish at having to repeatedly tell his son, who had traumatic brain injuries, that half his family had died in a horror smash.
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Truck driver Michael Knowler of Western Australia pleaded guilty to causing the deaths
Mr Knowler s lawyer said his client was unfamiliar with the road and had become distracted by a GPS