A big-rig loaded with alfalfa tangled with six cars along a San Bernardino freeway during the evening commute, sending the trucker and a motorist to the hospital, said California Highway Patrol officers and city fire officials.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
The wreck was reported at 4:43 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, along the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 east of Waterman Avenue.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
"We had all the (westbound) lanes closed for approximately 30 minutes," said CHP Sgt. William Osegueda. "We'll be working throughout the night to upright the truck and clean up the (spilled) diesel fuel."googleoff: allgoogleon: all
No one was killed, but Osegueda said the hospitalized victims suffered broken bones.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
By 6:30 p.m., traffic was crawling past the accident scene where two of the five lanes remained closed.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
Investigators hadn't sorted out the circumstances of the wreck, said Oseguda. But the big-rig trailer overturned in a flood control ditch just over the freeway fence from The Home Depot.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
Roughly 30 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from the truck's saddle tanks, said Battalion Chief Bob Evans, of San Bernardino Fire Department.googleoff: allgoogleon: all
By nightfall, westbound traffic was flowing freely except for looky-lou slowing at the accident scene, according to the Caltrans Quickmap website.