Driver rescued hours after truck hits overpass

Monday, September 9, 2002

RICHLAND, Texas -- A truck driver whose rig crashed into an interstate overpass Sunday was freed almost eight hours after the structure collapsed on top of him. The man's 19-month-old son died.

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