Accidents That Close Freeways Or Hurt People

Could people be blocking traffic or stopping rail service as a terrorist disruption of commuter traffic?


May 7, 2013

http://portsmouth-nh.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/bridge-damage-estimated-at-2-5-million
Bridge Damage Estimated at $2.5 Million Work has already begun on the costly repairs. Posted by Marc Fortier (Editor), May 7, 2013  The Harbour Feature tanker from Madeira, Portugal slammed into the bridge around 1:30 p.m. Monday after a mooring line snapped at the New Hampshire State Pier

May 23, 2013

I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse
On May 23, 2013, at approximately 7:00 pm PDT, one span of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon, Washington Stateimmediately collapsed into the river when it was struck by an over-height truck. Two other vehicles with three people fell with the span. The trapped people were rescued by boats.^[2]


May 24, 2013

No motive for apparent suicide which blocks traffic for an hour
http://www.king5.com/news/cities/seattle/Collision-between-semi-pedestrian-closes-I-5-south--208828761.htmlCollision between semi, pedestrian closes I-5 south

by KING 5 News May 24, 2013  an accident early Friday morning closed all four lanes of traffic....pedestrian was killed after a collision with a semi truck I-5 south in Mountlake Terrace. The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. near 220th Street Southwest on Friday....the accident appears to be a suicide..One hour later, traffic was backed up to Interstate 405 in Lynnwood.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Man-struck-killed-by-semi-after-getting-out-of-car-on-I-5-208823711.html According to early reports, the man got out of his car and was struck by the semi truck. A preliminary investigation found that he ran into traffic and was hit in the second southbound lan

June 4, 2013

Police: Distracted driving to blame for I-405 semi crash

By KOMO Staff Published: Jun 4, 2013 at

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Semi-truck-rollover-blocks-all-lanes-of-southbound-I-405-210076881.html

the semi driver, a 29-year-old Olympia man, was at fault in the incident, colliding with three passenger cars before rolling the tractor-trailer rig onto its side across all four lanes of the busy freeway. He said it appears the semi driver was distracted somehow just before the crash. He was cited for second-degree negligent driving, an infraction which carries a $550 fine. Jim Gibbons was driving the car right behind the semi and said it appeared the driver didn't brake in time for slowing traffic in the lane ahead.  
Gibbons said he watched in awe as the big rig veered toward the shoulder then back across all four lanes of the freeway as it keeled over and slammed onto its side.

June 13, 2013

1. Motorcycle deputy hit by wrong-way driver in Everett - HeraldNet.com

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   Jun 13, 2013 – Law enforcement officials investigate the scene of a crash between a Snohomish County sheriff's motorcycle deputy and a car along Evergreen ...

    A Snohomish County sheriff's motorcycle deputy was hospitalized Thursday morning after being struck by a wrong-way driver along Evergreen Way in south Everett....The deputy, 48, is expected to survive, officials said. The driver of the other car, a white Lexus ES 300, also was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. crash comes a week after a funeral in Everett for Washington State Patrol trooper Sean O'Connell. The motorcycle trooper was killed in a traffic accident in Skagit County on May 31. ... at least three civilian motorcycle riders have died in crashes in Snohomish County since late May

June 24, 2013

http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/police-trucker-fell-asleep-before-rig-hit-i--bridge/article_06a9536c-dcd4-11e2-87c9-0019bb2963f4.html

Police: Trucker fell asleep before rig hit I-55 bridge
Marsha Killian
Damage to the northbound lane on the I-55 bridge over the Vermilion River has caused traffic problems, Monday, June 24, 2013, after a truck fire Sunday night, northwest of Pontiac. 
June 24, 2013 1:30 pm  •  By Kevin Barlow  PONTIAC — The driver of a semi that damaged an interstate bridge apparently fell asleep at the wheel, according to a state police report released late Monday. The passing lane of northbound Interstate 55 near Pontiac is closed indefinitely because of damage from the accident Sunday night....“Heat can do a lot of damage to a bridge and we found that it damaged a couple of steel beams, the concrete wall and the pier underneath.”

June 23, 2013

http://www.kpho.com/story/22665210/tempe-police-motorcycle-officer-injured-in-taxi-crash

Tempe police motorcycle officer injured in taxi crash

Posted: Jun 23, 2013 1:28 PM PDT By Phil Benson - email

CBS 5 News

TEMPE, AZ (CBS5) -

[Tempe police ] officer was traveling west on University at around 12:30 a.m. when a taxi cab traveling in the opposite direction made a wide, illegal U-turn into the officer's path....[hit taxi] was thrown over the handlebars, landing face first into the street,..with serious injuries...