KXO RADIO - Fatal Accident on the I-8 Grade

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Written by George Gale
Tuesday, 04 July 2006
(THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL INVESTIGATES A FATAL INJURY ACCIDENT ON THE GRADE)….THE C H P SAYS THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT JUST AFTER 3 TUESDAY MORNING. A BIG RIG HEADING EAST ON INTERSTATE 8 WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED NEAR MEYER CREEK. THE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE CAB, AND SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE RIG SPILLED ITS LOAD OF PINEAPPLES AND FUEL. THE EASTBOUND LANES OF THE INTERSTATE WERE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC AT IN-KO-PAH UNTIL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PERSONNEL CLEANED THE FUEL, AND OTHER CREWS CLEANED UP THE SPILT LOAD. THE LANES WERE CLOSED UNTIL 8:29 TUESDAY MORNING. THE C H P IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. THE DRIVERS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, NOR HAS THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAID IF THERE WERE OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE RIG.