{"id":14664,"date":"2012-06-13T20:14:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T03:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=14664"},"modified":"2012-06-26T08:42:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T15:42:14","slug":"big-rig-overturns-scatters-debris-across-the-freeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/06\/13\/big-rig-overturns-scatters-debris-across-the-freeway\/","title":{"rendered":"Big rig overturns, scatters debris across the freeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14667\" title=\"Big rig overturned\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14665\" title=\"Big rig overturned 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-2-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-2-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-2.jpg 607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>LANCASTER \u2013 The westbound Avenue H on-ramp to the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway was closed for more than four hours Wednesday, after a big rig overturned and scattered building materials across the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened around 1:50 p.m., according to a California Highway Patrol report.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, 54-year-old <strong>Oscar Rico<\/strong>, was traveling about 30 mph in a tractor trailer hauling 72,000 pounds of building material, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the vehicle\u2019s speed, it was unable to negotiate the curved on-ramp and overturned, the report states.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle came to rest on its left side, blocking the on-ramp. Materials from the trailer spilled onto the on-ramp and into the No. 2 lane of the freeway.<\/p>\n<p>Caltrans and the County Fire Department responded for cleanup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14666\" title=\"Big rig overturned 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-3-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-3-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Big-rig-overturned-3.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Approximately 28 gallons of combined diesel and hydraulic fluid was spilled and contained on the asphalt roadway, according to the CHP report.<\/p>\n<p>The westbound Avenue H on-ramp to the 14 Freeway was closed along the No. 2 lane until about 6 p.m. to facilitate cleanup.<\/p>\n<p>The driver walked away from the collision with just minor injuries. There were no other reported injuries, and no arrests were made.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 The westbound Avenue H on-ramp to the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway was closed for more than four hours Wednesday, after a big rig overturned and scattered building materials across the roadway. The incident happened around 1:50 p.m., according to a California Highway Patrol report. The driver, 54-year-old Oscar Rico, was traveling about 30 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":14667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}