"2 Marines Dead After Crash on I-15
Authorities are investigating a crash that killed two Marines and injured two other servicemembers when a pair of military vehicles overturned on Interstate 15. The driver of a light-armored vehicle was towing another military vehicle when he lost control, [California Highway Patrol Officer Mark] Gregg said.
Both vehicles struck a concrete wall and overturned, and two Marines were thrown through the vehicle's roof hatch and over the side of the overcrossing, falling approximately 70 feet."
link at http://www.fox6.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=24596142-2FD6-43C2-9062-2AC9618E3407
I can't believe it. I drive this exact route everyday. Military convoys are occasionally seen, always in the right lane, so hitting the center divider doesn't make sense, unless it was after the driver lost control. Why did the driver lose control? I can only guess, but the lanes are a couple feet narrower through this stretch, the traffic opens up a little at this point just south of a narrower bridge over Lake Hodges, and I see people drift across the bot dots all the time.
CalTrans in their infinite wisdom has been working to widen the opening to the traffic funnel that leads to this exact point both north- and southbound, and waited to start widening the base of the funnel until recently when as many cars as possible crowd in there. BTW: the new lanes look like they're basically done, but since the bridges haven't been widened yet, the concrete barriers are up and there are no shoulders here. Tragic, and makes me really mad.