Daily Archives: May 23rd, 2013

Posted inBreaking News, National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning

Washington’s elected leaders respond to collapse of I‑5 bridge over Skagit River

by Andrew Villeneuve

As the evening goes on, more and more elect­ed lead­ers are react­ing to tonight’s break­ing news out of Skag­it Coun­ty. A sec­tion of the bridge that car­ries Inter­state 5 over the Skag­it Riv­er, just north of Mount Ver­non, has col­lapsed into the water. The cause of the dis­as­ter is believed to be an over­height truck […]

Posted inBreaking News, National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning

BREAKING: A section of the Interstate 5 bridge over Skagit River has collapsed

by Andrew Villeneuve

Break­ing, huge­ly con­se­quen­tial news out of Skag­it Coun­ty tonight: A sec­tion of the Inter­state 5 bridge over the Skag­it Riv­er near Mount Ver­non has col­lapsed, accord­ing to the State Patrol and eye­wit­ness reports on Twit­ter. The Seat­tle Times has an even more remark­able pho­to. The struc­tur­al fail­ure occurred just before 7 PM, the State Patrol […]