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The crash involved multiple semis that were stopped on the interstate due to a pickup towing a trailer that had jack-knifed, blocking the road. 1 dead, 4 injured in chain reaction semi crash on I ...
Nov. 17—Two tractor trailer accidents on the section of Interstate 40 winding through the Pigeon River Gorge led to traffic slow downs and a wildfire. Both were single vehicle accidents and had ...
Jan. 11—A fatal crash during a Monday morning snowstorm on Interstate 40 east of Santa Rosa resulted in a vehicle pileup that affected dozens of drivers. After a westbound semitruck driver rear ...
1963 Chualar bus crash, Chualar, California; 32 killed plus 25 injured. Remains the deadliest U.S. traffic accident to date and California's deadliest to involve a train; also one of a series of events that led to closer scrutiny of migrant labor conditions and fueled the emergence of the chicano and farmworkers labor movements [179] [180]
April 23 of 2002, – A BNSF Railway freight train collides head-on with a Metrolink train in Placentia, California, near the Atwood Junction, at the intersection of Orangethorpe Avenue and Van Buren Street. 2 people died in the crash and 22 were seriously injured. [1] [2]
November 13 – Slovakia – A lorry carrying gravel collided with a bus in Nitra, killing 12 people in the country's deadliest road accident in a decade. [290] December 1 – Russia – 19 passengers died when a bus skidded off a bridge in Zabaykalsky Krai and plunged into the Kuenga River. [291]
Independence police chased a driver north after they fled a crash near I-470. Driver flees scene of wreck, then causes 2 more in police chase on E US-40. Two injured
The maximum speed limit for the entire California segment of I-40 is 70 mph (110 km/h). I-40 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System and is part of the National Highway System, [4] [5] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration. [6]