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At 4:01 pm EST, it crashed into the 14th Street Bridge across the Potomac River, 0.75 nmi (0.9 mi; 1.4 km) from the end of the runway. The plane hit six cars and a truck on the bridge, and tore away 97 feet (30 m) of the bridge's rail and 41 feet (12 m) of the bridge's wall.
The current structure was built in 1913, [1] and accommodated heavy streetcar traffic. It is Richmond's oldest highway bridge across the James River. Prior to the construction of Mayo's Bridge, travelers had to utilize Coutts' Ferry, run by Patrick Coutts until his death in 1776 and later by his brother Rev. William Coutts until his death in ...
In 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River, killing 70 passengers and four crew members. Only four passengers and one crew member survived.
The northbound span was originally named the 14th Street Bridge when it opened in 1950, renamed the Rochambeau Bridge eight years later, and renamed the Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge in 1985 for a passenger of Air Florida Flight 90, who died in 1982 saving others from the freezing water.
Richmond Interim Chief of Police Rick Edwards gives a news briefing about a shooting that happened at the Huguenot High School graduation, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Richmond, Va. (AP) Six people ...
Ben Conley, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. February 12, 2024 at 10:34 PM According to the campaign page, Nugent was left in critical condition after suffering serious injuries in a bicycle ...
Babitzin travelled in a speeding car en route to a concert. The driver lost control on an icy bridge and crashed. The bridge was covered with a plywood material instead of tarmac and was known by locals as a hazardous location. Three people died, a hitchhiker survived. [26] [better source needed] Bhinod Bacha: 1943 2023 80 years Mauritian civil ...
The two accidents happened within about three to four miles of each other in the southern part of Columbia. Rosewood Drive is a major in-town traffic artery that connects South Assembly Street to ...