Bay Area Faces Nghtmare Commute

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – San Francisco Bay area residents faced nightmarish commutes Monday after one of the region’s most traveled sections of freeway melted and collapsed following a fiery crash.

An elevated section of highway that carries motorists from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to a number of freeways was destroyed early Sunday after heat from an overturned gasoline truck caused part of one overpass to crumple onto another.

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