Collapsed freeway in San Diego

[Johnny_L.A]

Apparently a government vehicle was too large for the road, and caused a collapse of an overpass on the 805, according to CNN.

[Kythereia]

Is anyone hurt?

[Johnny_L.A]

@Kythereia

Is anyone hurt?

CNN Pipeline says a sign fell down. Slow connection. Looking for more details now.

[Johnny_L.A]

L.A. Times:

@Johnny L.A.

So IMO the U.S. auto industry is falling apart because they do not recognise trends.

Heh. Just heard on CNN that Ford will now ‘listen to the customers instead of just filling factories’. U.S. carmakers should have been listening to customers all along.

The garbage truck was heading north on Interstate 805 about 7:30 a.m. when it barreled into the overhead sign, said Steve Saville, a spokesman with the California Department of Transportation.

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There were reports of injuries, but no other information was immediately available, he said.

[Q.E.D]

Full story here.

A sign that spanned several freeway lanes collapsed on a couple of cars today when a garbage truck slammed into it, bringing traffic to a halt, transportation officials said.

There were reports of injuries.

The garbage truck was heading north on Interstate 805 about 7:30 a.m. when it barreled into the overhead sign, said Steve Saville, a spokesman with the California Department of Transportation.

The garbage truck had been traveling with its dumper in the up position, according to witnesses, Saville said.

[madcossack]

Yep, traffic was a bear this morning, and I don’t even take that freeway.

[cher3]

Yeah, my husband is still trying to get into work and he left before 8 and wasn’t anywhere near the area of the freeway where it happened. At one point they made everyone turn around and head the other way on an on-ramp.

[gazpacho]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060123-0915-bn23sign2.html
The above has a picture of the sign in question and more info than the la times blurb. I generally take the north bound five to work in UTC. Traffic was not heavy on it.

[Troy_McClure_SF]

Jebus. I thought LA drivers were bad.

[scout1222]

Thankfully I get on the freeway one exit to the NORTH of that (not to mention I left about 10 minutes before it happened) so I didn’t get caught in it.

I do, however, have to take it southbound tonight. I hope they can get everything cleared off soon. There’s been talk of opening the southbound lane(s) for a bit to northbound traffic. That should make the drive home a treat.