 An interchange connecting highways to the busy Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge collapsed early Sunday after a tractor trailer hauling 8,600 gallons of gasoline caught fire, authorities said.The truck's driver suffered second-degree burns, Officer Trent Cross of the California Highway Patrol told KGO-TV.The tanker ignited after crashing into a pylon on an interchange connecting westbound lanes of Interstate 80, which includes the Bay Bridge, to southbound I-880 in Oakland, officials said. (Watch I-Reporter Paul Kochli explain his video of the aftermath of the fiery truck crash )The fire led to the collapse of a second interchange from eastbound I-80 to eastbound Interstate 580 located above the first interchange, Cross said.The Bay Bridge's heavily traveled double decks run about two miles across the San Francisco Bay....
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| Support for Iraq War Timetable Hits 64% in U.S. |
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