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U.S. NEWS Saturday 25 auguSt 2018

Fiery fuel truck crash kills

2, snarls L.A.-area freeway

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — chaos on the south side of to get off the freeway. KTTV
A fuel tanker truck crashed the Los Angeles metropoli- reported she missed her
and burned early Friday on tan area. flight but was assured she
a freeway near Los Angeles Both sides of the freeway would be rebooked.
International Airport, killing and a Metro light rail com- Undamaged eastbound
two people and causing muter line that runs down lanes reopened after near-
a massive traffic jam that the middle of the highway ly three hours, while emer-
forced travelers to aban- were shut down as authori- gency work continued on
don their vehicles and walk ties let the fire burn itself the westbound side and
off the freeway with their out. investigators sought to de- This still image taken from video provided by KABC-TV shows a
fuel tanker that crashed and burned early Friday, Aug. 24, 2018,
luggage, authorities said. Some motorists got out of termine why the vehicles on a highway near Los Angeles International Airport, causing a
The California Highway Pa- their cars and others tried collided. massive traffic jam.
trol received reports of the to drive off the freeway by Fuel had to be carefully re- Associated Press
crash involving the double- using on-ramps as exits. moved from a trailer tank
tanker truck and an SUV fol- Shortly after 6 a.m. the high- that overturned but did not Lauren Wonder, spokes- the Los Angeles County
lowed by a fireball on the way patrol's online incident burn. County Fire Depart- woman for the California Metropolitan Transporta-
westbound side of Inter- log reported that people ment Inspector Joey Mar- Department of Transporta- tion Authority's adjacent
state 105 in suburban Haw- were abandoning vehicles, ron said vent holes had to tion. Green Line tracks and the
thorne shortly after 5 a.m. taking luggage and jump- be drilled in the tank's three Engineers were being overhead electrical sys-
Authorities told reporters ing over fences alongside compartments so that the summoned to determine tem. Busses were sent to
that both drivers were killed the freeway. It is a major fuel could be pumped out. whether lane markers ferry rail passengers around
and coroner's investigators southern approach to the It was not immediately could simply be restored or the crash area.
would determine whether airport. known how long the west- whether pavement would Interstate 105 runs east-
anyone else was in the An unidentified traveler bound lanes would remain need to be patched or west across southern Los
wreckage. showed KTTV where she closed. dug out, Wonder said. Angeles County, intersect-
The pre-dawn crash turned climbed a steep embank- "We don't know the condi- Damage assessment was ing with four other major
the morning commute into ment and over a tall fence tion of the pavement," said also being conducted on freeways.q

GoFundMe investigating campaign for homeless Samaritan

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Bobbitt told the Philadel- said, adding that giving an
homeless man who helped phia Inquirer that he can't "addict" the money would
a stranded motorist in Phila- use the $200,000 left out of be like "giving him a loaded
delphia said he is panhan- the $400,000 that donors gun." Bobbitt questions the
dling once again and using raised on GoFundMe, and couple's motives and fears
drugs, and he has no ac- he no longer has a camper they may have squan-
cess to the money raised or a car. dered the money.
on his behalf. McClure said the couple "I think it might have been
Johnny Bobbitt gained did all they could to help good intentions in the
worldwide attention when Bobbitt. beginning, but with that
he used his last $20 to fill up In an interview with the In- amount of money, I think
the gas tank of stranded quirer last week, D'Amico it became greed." Bobbitt
motorist Kate McClure in said he controls the money said. GoFundMe is investi-
November 2017. and will start dispensing it gating whether the money
McClure and her boyfriend when Bobbitt gets a job was mismanaged, and said
This photo taken Aug. 15, 2018, shows Johnny Bobbitt Jr., the Mark D'Amico started a and stops using drugs. it will work to ensure Bobbitt
homeless veteran who gave $20 for gas for Kate McClure, back
on the streets with his brother. GoFundMe campaign in "Giving him all that money, "receives the help he de-
Associated Press return, promising that Bob- it's never going to happen. serves and that the donors'
bitt would have a home. I'll burn it in front of him," he intentions are honored."q