Read more overpass stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4875/overpass.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 08:08:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/1768/bay-area-overpass-collapses.htmlDustin Lushing<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=3321&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035314' border='0' />A speeding 8,600-gallon gas tanker smashed into a guardrail early yesterday on a Bay Area highway, causing a fireball that melted an overpass above it. The driver sustained minor injuries, and no one else was hurt. But the collapsed overpass, which carried traffic eastbound from the Baby Bridge, closed...A section of highway lies burned and crumbled in Emeryville, Calif., after a tanker carrying gasoline exploded on Sunday, April 29, 2007. In the resulting blaze, a section of freeway that funnels traffic onto the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed. The truck's driver walked away from the scene and called a taxi, which took him to a nearby hospital with second-degree burns. (AP Photo/The Oakland Tribune, Noah Berger)http://www.newser.com/story/1768/bay-area-overpass-collapses.htmlMon, 30 Apr 2007 05:50:13 CDT