RADIATION HAULER FLIPS ON FREEWAY.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer At least two northbound lanes on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. were closed down Friday after a vehicle believed to be carrying radioactive materials overturned near Pyramid Lake Pyramid Lake, 188 sq mi (487 sq km), W Nev. The lake, a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, receives the Truckee River. Visited (1844) by U.S. explorer John Frémont, the lake was named for its large pyramidal rocks. , backing up traffic for several miles. A possible chemical spill chemical spill Public health An inadvertent release of a liquid chemical regarded as hazardous to human health which in a workplace is identified with hazardous materials labels. See Material Safety Data Sheets. was reported to the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. about 1:30 p.m. Friday and at least one person inside the vehicle was flown by helicopter to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Officials later determined that no spill had occurred. However, the vehicle was carrying isotope 137, radioactive material used for X-ray equipment, said Los Angeles County Traffic Management Officer Richard Magyar. The condition of the injured person was not immediately available. Earlier Friday, the northbound freeway was backed up for at least one hour after the driver of a 1991 Ford van towing a 20-foot trailer lost control of the vehicle, causing the trailer to overturn. The trailer, worth an estimated $6,000, was demolished. Edward Charles Allen, 41, and his wife Mary, 44, of Torrance were heading toward Oregon with their two daughters when the trailer began to fishtail fish·tail adj. Resembling or suggestive of the tail of a fish in shape or movement. intr.v. fish·tailed, fish·tail·ing, fish·tails 1. on the downhill grade near Calgrove Boulevard, Allen said. ``We were making a lane change and there were a lot of bumps,'' he said. ``The trailer started to fishtail. I hit the override brakes, but it just got worse.'' The van rested facing almost south on the northbound lanes and the trailer overturned. ``The bulk of the trailer ended up blocking the fast lane and the debris from the trailer blocked the entire freeway,'' said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Wil Dixon. No one was injured, he said. Dixon said in some situations motorists do not have much experience towing trailers and may have the tendency to hit their brakes, making the situation worse. |
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