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Bay Area Overpass Collapses

Oakland Tanker explosion and fire close busy freeway

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 30, 2007 5:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – A speeding 8,600-gallon gas tanker smashed into a guardrail early yesterday on a Bay Area highway, causing a fireball that melted an overpass above it. The driver sustained minor injuries, and no one else was hurt. But the collapsed overpass, which carried traffic eastbound... Read full story »

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