UPDATE:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/05/03/highway.collapse.ap/
“Truck in Bay area collapse had record of safety violations”
POSTED: 0027 GMT (0827 HKT), May 3, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — The gasoline tanker that exploded Sunday, causing a San Francisco-area freeway ramp to collapse, was cited repeatedly for safety violations and was ordered off the road last year because of faulty brakes, according to federal records.
The tanker’s owner or driver was cited 27 times since 2004 for violations ranging from its unsafe brakes and tires to carrying more gasoline than the truck was rated for, according to documents obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The truck driver, James Mosqueda, remains hospitalized with second-degree burns.
Records from the California Department of Motor Vehicles obtained by The Associated Press show he had previously had his license revoked or suspended but do not give the reason. Mosqueda, 51, had a clean driving record in the 10 years before the crash. Court records show he also had a series of criminal convictions between 1981 and 1996.”
Note: The following breaking news brief is a quote:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=118541
BREAKING NEWS
Four injured when train derails
Four passengers were injured early Saturday when a train travelling from Kanchanaburi to Bangkok derailed shortly after leaving the railway station in Kanchanaburi.
The train, carrying nearly 100 passengers, derailed at a curve in Kanchanaburi’s Sai Yok district, and all four railway carriages left the tracks.
Four passengers suffered head injuries and were taken to medical facilities for treatment. Other passengers were transferred to another train to continue the trip to Bangkok.
State Railway of Thailand (SRT) officials ordered a crane from the capital to lift the railway stock from the accident site, not far from the tourist site known as the Bridge on the River Kwai, a popular tourist destination by train
SRT and provincial officials are investigating the cause of the accident. (TNA)