COLTON, Calif. (KTLA) -- A Kasinga. "He's just extremely big-rig truck fell nose-first lucky and he's very lucky from a overpass onto a busy that he didn't land on any freeway below Saturday other vehicles." morning, jamming eastbound About 150 gallons of diesel traffic for miles. fuel leaked all over the The truck was traveling on roadway, requiring an the transition from the 10 extensive cleanup effort by Freeway west to the 215 Caltrans crews. Freeway south when the driver No one else was reported lost control and the truck injured, but the wreck caused plummeted about 100 feet and significant traffic delays landed in the eastbound lanes for eastbound motorists. of the 10. Caltrans District 8 -- The driver was trapped in the covering Riverside and San crash. Firefighters pulled Bernardino counties -- him from the wreckage and released a statement just paramedics took him to a after 9 a.m. saying a single nearby hospital with minor eastbound lane would remain injuries, officials said. open for an undetermined "Normally we don't see amount of time while crews someone walk away from inspect the damage to the something like this," said road and the overpass. Caltrans spokeswoman Terri
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