Bridge collapses in Washington state leaving cars filled with passengers in the river

[Confusion]

I'm glad everyone survived, but I don't believe for a minute that everybody is "okay". It's been almost 6 years since the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, and survivors I know still have nightmares, panic attacks, PTSD, depression, etc. from it. Just watching videos of it was almost enough to make me swear off crossing bridges, and I have relatives who still drive 30+ minutes out of the way twice a day to avoid crossing the bridge where they used to cross going to and from work (once the new one was built.) MOO

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Trucker describes moment he hit Washington bridge and made it collapse

'He looked in the mirrors and it just dropped out of sight,' Cynthia Scott, the wife of truck driver William Scott, said from the couple's home near Spruce Grove, Alberta. 'I spoke to him seconds after it happened. He was just horrified.'

The truck driver works for Mullen Trucking in Alberta, the Washington State Patrol said. The tractor-trailer was hauling a housing for drilling equipment southbound when the top right front corner of the load struck several of the bridge's trusses, the patrol said.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Washington-bridge-collapse.html#ixzz2UIFgYqVW

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Bridge collapse could cost Washington state millions, jobs

http://t.nbcnews.com/business/bridge-collapse-could-cost-washington-state-millions-jobs-6C10066338