Traffic crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge causing delays northbound
This is the actual Mayday call pilot John Lerro made to the Coast Guard on May 9, 1980 when the Summit Venture hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. On May 9, 1980, tragedy struck Tampa Bay when a 600.
Photos 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster in Tampa Bay, Florida
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) โ A 50-year-old motorcyclist from St. Petersburg died Thursday morning after he was overrun by a tractor-trailer on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, according to.
Wrongway driver killed in crash on Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Petersburg Times ] As part of our coverage of the 40th anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster, we are republishing this narrative written on May 9, 1980. The story ran on the front.
Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WGCU PBS
May 09, 2020 A car that was driven by Dick Hornbuckle is halted at the edge of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay, Florida, after the freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster
[ Courtesy of Michael Betz ] A waitress interrupted breakfast with what Raiola thought was a bad joke: "The Skyway just got hit." Soon a crackling radio call from their boss confirmed it: There.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Accident. May 9 1980 Documentary On Sunshine
It was 42 years ago that the storm-blinded freighter Summit Venture crashed into the support columns of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, causing a 1,200-foot span of the bridge to collapse into the.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster / 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster
But this week as we drive across the impressive structure, we remember it's dark history. On May 9, 1980, tragedy struck. A freight ship crashed into the support columns, causing 1,200 feet of the.
Tampa Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse after ship collision r
Right Now Tampa, FL ยป 62ยฐ The Summit Venture freighter ship crashed into the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay on May 9, 1980. It happened during a storm.
Skyway bridge disaster 1980. A freighter, Summit Venture, caught in
0:30. Today is the 43rd anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster. On this day in 1980 the freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge that joined St. Petersburg and Bradenton during a.
After 39 years, Tampa Bay still reflects on the tragedy of the Sunshine
60ยฐ Weather A rideshare driver and one of his passengers were killed after a wrong-way driver collided head-on with the van Wednesday night on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Florida 1980 Images All Disaster
Bentley declared the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster "an act of God." He also reinstated Lerro's suspended pilot license, which had been stripped away after the accident. Lerro, however, soon found himself suffering from MS and stopped piloting. Instead, he spent his time answering crisis phone lines and helping others, according to Yerrid.
Skyway bridge disaster 39 years ago
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) โ Authorities responded to a crash that ended with a vehicle hanging over a wall on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Friday morning. FDOT cameras showed traffic backed up.
1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB) - An Enchantment of the Seas cruise ship made an emergency stop near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge on Saturday after a woman reportedly needed immediate medical attention.
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster Tragedy Over Tampa Bay WUSF
Part five in a series. At 7:34 a.m. Friday, May 9, 1980, Wesley MacIntire was driving his Ford Courier pickup over the southbound span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, headed for his job at a meat-delivery business. Just after he threw his two quarters into the tollbooth basket, he would later testify, the steady rain turned cyclonic.
Remembering The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Collapse of 1980 WUSF Public Media
The new Sunshine Skyway Memorial was unveiled Saturday, 5/9/15, at a public dedication ceremony remembering the 35th anniversary of the tragic bridge accident that killed 35 people. TIMES files.
1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster video
Today marks 38 years since tragic Sunshine Skyway crash, collapse. Thirty-eight years ago today, a freighter ran into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge sending part of the span plummeting into Tampa Bay.