BRIEFLY : EXPLOSIONS SET OFF AS BIG RIG OVERTURNS.PALMDALE - A big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. carrying explosives overturned and caught fire on a freeway near Palmdale on Sunday night, triggering several explosions and setting nearby brush on fire, authorities said. The crash happened about 9:10 p.m. on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. near the Angeles Forest Highway The Angeles Forest Highway traverses the Angeles National Forest and connects the Los Angeles basin to the Antelope Valley by going up and over the San Gabriel Mountains. The highway is variously known as County Road N-3 or FH-59 or the Palmdale cutoff. It is about 25 miles long. cutoff, said California Highway Patrol spokeswoman Rosa Ray. The truck carried explosives, county fire dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. Andrea Hawkins said, but she had no immediate information on the type and quantity. The truck's driver suffered minor injuries. Witnesses reportedly heard a couple of explosions coming from the burning truck, according to Ray, and Hawkins confirmed that there were some explosions. Authorities closed all lanes of the Antelope Valley Freeway within a quarter-mile of the rig while the hazard was being cleared, Hawkins said. - Daily News |
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