Washington bridge collapse News

Truck Driver in Washington Bridge Collapse Was Ticketed

The Washington State Patrol says that a truck driver who was involved in last year’s Interstate 5 bridge collapse north of Seattle received a ticket for negligent driving earlier this year for the May 2013 accident that sent two cars …

NTSB Finds Washington Bridge Collapse Was Due to Systematic Errors

Insufficient route planning, a distracted pilot driver and an inadequate permitting process by the state of Washington all played a part in last year’s Interstate 5 bridge collapse north of Seattle, which sent two cars into a river below, the …

Workers Removing Washington I-5 Bridge Wreckage

Workers are still removing pieces of Washington’s Interstate 5 bridge that fell into the Skagit River on May 23 when an oversize truck hit a girder. A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, Peter Knudson, said Monday in an …